Explaining Brazil

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Explaining Brazil

Saving Mercosur

A deal between Brazil and Argentina breathes new life into the Mercosur trade alliance. At least...

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A president's worst enemy

Brazil's consumer price index is set to hit the 10-percent mark this week. And historical...

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Brazil's own Tuskegee Study

Two major Brazilian HMOs are accused of treating Covid patients as guinea pigs, administering...

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Peronism facing an existential crisis

Last week's midterm primaries in Argentina delivered what was arguably the worst electoral...

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Bolsonomics

The government has delivered very little and has been a source of instability for the Brazilian...

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How to react to Bolsonaro?

Bolsonaro is threatening to disregard Supreme Court rulings from now on. So how should the...

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A nation holding its breath

In six days, pro-Bolsonaro supporters will stage demonstrations in multiple cities. The unfolding...

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Will Brazil have its own January 6 riots?

Many fear September 7 could be Brazil's own version of the January 6 U.S. Capitol riots....

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Should Brazil reengage in Haiti?

While President Jair Bolsonaro seems to have very little interest in foreign affairs, serving in...

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Companies face fines for data protection misdeeds

Brazilian data protection watchdog ANPD, the National Data Protection Authority, is now able to...

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Getting vaccines to the heart of the Amazon

With sparse transport infrastructure and precarious health services, getting medical supplies to...

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Coup or No Coup

Struggling in the polls, President Jair Bolsonaro has threatened to ignore next year's...

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Little transparency around presidents' health

President Bolsonaro has recently been discharged from the hospital. While he was in, however,...

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Bolsonaro's Evangelical justice

Jair Bolsonaro is using a Supreme Court nomination to rally his base. We explain the effects of...

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Leite is no Milk

Governor Eduardo Leite of Rio Grande do Sul came out as gay. But don't expect him to be a...

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Cash for jabs

In an ironic twist, the Jair Bolsonaro administration is facing its most severe crisis — not over...

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The Anti-Bolsonaro dilemma

Detractors of President Jair Bolsonaro are now taking to the streets to pressure him, but doing...

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The future of work in Brazil

In Brazil, the remote work solution was never easy, as the country has an extremely informal...

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Bolsonaro opens a military Pandora's box

Under pressure from President Bolsonaro, the Army refused to punish active general Eduardo...

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A crisis in Angola threatens Bolsonaro

President Jair Bolsonaro is battling multiple domestic crises — but one dispute across the...

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