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As the US targets Brazil’s ubiquitous instant payment system, everyone wants to claim Pix as its own. Here’s how and why it was created
A new state-run streaming platform seeks to boost Brazil’s cinema industry, which has for years been crowded out by foreign players.
Brazil's improved HDI scores are a reason for celebration, but they still mask the country’s vast inequalities and vulnerabilities.
How much economic results will weigh on government approval ratings is among the key questions ahead of this year’s presidential election in Brazil.
Much maligned by the conspiratorial far right, Brazil’s electronic system has completed 30 years without any credible allegations of fraud.
Amid changing geopolitical conditions, Brazil has altered its approach to the defense industry. We explain how.
Brazil’s largest media group is no longer the absolute leader it once was. It is still a gigantic powerhouse.
We bring today an op-ed by lawyer Welber Barral on a Supreme Court case concerning Brazil's notion of secularism.
A pair of pro-Bolsonaro productions serve as the latest example of Brazilian politics using the medium of cinema for campaign gains.
Brazilian researchers have a hand in the Artemis II mission, but the country is lagging way behind in its national space program.
Brazil’s statistics agency built one of the world's finest statistical bureaucracies. Now, under a polarizing president and years of neglect, it is struggling to do its most basic job.
Beginning to generate its first effects for the middle class, the 2025 income tax reform is modest — but it breaks with decades of negligence with tax fairness.
Brazil joined a global push for increased reliance on nuclear power. At home, the construction of its third nuclear plant hangs in the balance.
With the US closing its doors, Brazil renews its appeal for Cubans — this time drawing a different profile of migrants.
Amid hope and controversy, an innovative biomedical study reveals Brazil’s challenges in turning science into a product.
Religious voters have become increasingly decisive in Brazilian politics — as well as a chronic challenge for the left.
As a monumental spectacle decided by tenths of a point, Brazil’s samba school parades involve far more tension and detail than one might imagine
A samba school’s adoring tribute to Brazil’s president has the political class watching — and conservatives fuming.
Across Brazil, the militarization of schools generates electoral dividends, but leaves educators deeply concerned about the citizens and workforce being shaped.
Brazilian politics has always been a family business. But the Bolsonaros have taken that to another level.
Brazilian experts have been worried about the effects of AI on voters for some time now. In 2026, their fears could materialize.
The voter divide between men and women has also reached Brazil, with potential impacts on October's election. Analysts discuss what is driving this process.
Trump’s so-called “Don-roe Doctrine” is not just a repetition of the past, with Venezuela marking the arrival of US big-stick diplomacy in South America.
When Spanish America became independent, it fractured into many countries, while Portuguese America held together as one. We explain why.
Brazil’s iconic rubber flip-flops were the world’s most coveted fashion item in 2025 — yet much of the country’s fashion culture remains to be revealed.
