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Guide to BrazilGo beyond the surface and dive into Brazilian culture, news and societal trends.

🫣 Where does amnesty lead?
Guide to Brazil

🫣 Where does amnesty lead?

After Jair Bolsonaro’s coup conviction, allied politicians are looking for ways to free him. But Brazil has seen this before.

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz
Sep 14, 2025
💼 Narcos, Inc.
Guide to Brazil

💼 Narcos, Inc.

From gold mining in the Amazon to Wall Street-style investment funds, organized crime in Brazil now goes much further than cocaine

Sophia Santos-Pearcy
Sophia Santos-Pearcy
Sep 7, 2025
👨‍⚖️ The justices who will try Bolsonaro
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👨‍⚖️ The justices who will try Bolsonaro

A look at the professional backgrounds and political leanings of the panel that will decide the former president’s fate.

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz
Aug 31, 2025
🪖 Trump targeting the troops
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🪖 Trump targeting the troops

Fraying military ties with the United States could bring Brazil’s Armed Forces back to the center of politics — and that’s a problem.

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz
Aug 24, 2025
🪤 Brazil and the middle-income trap
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🪤 Brazil and the middle-income trap

Brazil has been an upper-middle income country for almost 20 years. Why can’t it take the next step?

Gabriel Terra
Gabriel Terra
Aug 17, 2025
🎖️ A Confederate legacy in Brazil
Guide to Brazil

🎖️ A Confederate legacy in Brazil

After the American Civil War, some Southerners sought to preserve slavery abroad — and found Brazil.

Agência Pública
Agência Pública
Aug 10, 2025
🤳 Favela creator economy
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🤳 Favela creator economy

A wave of digital influencers hailing from Brazilian favelas is connecting brands to low-income neighborhoods.

Letícia Arcoverde
Letícia Arcoverde
Aug 3, 2025
✊ Brazil’s legal stand for democracy
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✊ Brazil’s legal stand for democracy

For the first time in history, the Supreme Court will try a former president and high-ranking military officers for crimes against democracy. Here's how Brazilian law handles such cases.

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz
Jul 27, 2025
📺 The truth behind the soap opera
Guide to Brazil

📺 The truth behind the soap opera

Remade for a 2025 audience, ‘Vale Tudo’ has been a soap opera smash in Brazil. And almost three decades after its original version ran, it still has plenty to teach us about Brazil.

Mark O'Thomas
Mark O'Thomas
Jul 20, 2025
⚖️ An open-door court
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⚖️ An open-door court

Brazil's Constitution opened the doors of the Supreme Court to parties and trade unions seeking to challenge decisions made by the congressional majority. Now, some lawmakers want to limit that access.

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz
Jul 13, 2025
🏥 SUS steals the show
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🏥 SUS steals the show

On social media, foreigners celebrate the free care provided by the world’s largest public health system. Learn why Brazil’s SUS stands out internationally for many more reasons.

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz
Jul 6, 2025
☢️ Brazil’s past as a nuclear broker
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☢️ Brazil’s past as a nuclear broker

Alongside Turkey, Brazil reached a nuclear agreement with Iran back in 2010 — but major powers refused to back it. Experts unpack why the deal never went through, and the ensuing fallout.

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz
Jun 29, 2025
🏳️‍🌈 São Paulo honors graying LGBT+ community
Guide to Brazil

🏳️‍🌈 São Paulo honors graying LGBT+ community

São Paulo’s LGBT+ Parade will spotlight the challenges of aging within the community, while bringing big business to the city

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz
Jun 22, 2025
🌊 Brazil’s Blue Amazon
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🌊 Brazil’s Blue Amazon

Ahead of COP30, Brazil is seeking to lead discussions over the conservation of oceans. The country has its own massive marine area, which it calls its “Blue Amazon”

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz
Jun 15, 2025
🙏 From pulpit to paperback
Guide to Brazil

🙏 From pulpit to paperback

Devotional books are a trend in Brazil, bursting the bubble of practicing Christians

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz
Jun 8, 2025
👶 Dolly folly
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👶 Dolly folly

Once a small niche community, collectors of hyperrealistic baby dolls have been thrust into the eye of a viral storm in Brazil, creating moral panic among conservatives.

Letícia Arcoverde
Letícia Arcoverde
Jun 1, 2025
🧬 The story told by Brazilian DNA
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🧬 The story told by Brazilian DNA

Findings from a new genomic study contain important lessons about Brazil’s past and could have important ramifications for science going forward

Gustavo Ribeiro
Gustavo Ribeiro
May 25, 2025
⚖️ Abortion and the courts in Brazil
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⚖️ Abortion and the courts in Brazil

In the struggle for abortion rights in Brazil, courts can be an avenue to further access – but also an obstacle

Constance Malleret
Constance Malleret
May 18, 2025
💎 Brazilian bling
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💎 Brazilian bling

While the global luxury fashion market shows signs of fatigue, Brazil is moving in the opposite direction

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz
May 11, 2025
🧳 Brazil’s big bet on business tourism
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🧳 Brazil’s big bet on business tourism

After decades of selling itself as a land of sun, sand and sensuality, Brazil is now working to rebrand as a reliable hub for business travel

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz
May 4, 2025
🧑‍⚖️ Let bylaws be bygones?
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🧑‍⚖️ Let bylaws be bygones?

A sweeping bill to overhaul Brazil’s Civil Code is set to address hundreds of issues affecting the daily lives of Brazilians. Experts warn the proposed changes could create new legal uncertainties and trigger a surge in litigation

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz
Apr 27, 2025
🌇 Brazil is more urban than you think
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🌇 Brazil is more urban than you think

While it is known for wide open spaces, sprawling agribusiness and the vast Amazon, Brazil is actually much more of an urban country than outsiders might think

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz
Apr 20, 2025
🔥 Cane you believe Eike Batista?
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🔥 Cane you believe Eike Batista?

Eike Batista, once hailed as one of Brazil’s most visionary entrepreneurs, saw his empire collapse under the weight of unmet promises and criminal investigations. He is now attempting a comeback

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz
Apr 13, 2025
📲 Swipe to steal
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📲 Swipe to steal

Theft of smartphones has become a launchpad for cybercrime. Brazil’s government is trying to shut the door

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz
Apr 6, 2025
🙎🏻 Boys from Brazil aren’t alright
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🙎🏻 Boys from Brazil aren’t alright

Brazilian society is by no means immune to the challenges of raising children and teenagers in the social media age, as poignantly depicted in the acclaimed streaming series “Adolescence”

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz
Mar 30, 2025
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