Explaining Brazil

Love it or Leave it, Ep. 3: Cross-border persecution in South America

In the third episode of our special series about the Brazilian military dictatorship, we fly over...

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Elon Musk has beef in Brazil

Musk has stated that Brazil is on the verge of becoming an Orwellian dystopia in which one man —...

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Love It or Leave It, Ep. 2: Brazilian patriots with an American flag

In the second episode of the special series about the Brazilian military dictatorship, from...

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• 9 días

Election hopes dashed in Venezuela

Negotiations with the U.S. and the opposition had led to hopes that Venezuela would hold clean...

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• 13 días

Love It or Leave It, Ep. 1: The dictatorship at a glance

In 1964, amidst the Cold War tensions, President João Goulart, under pressure from both society...

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How Brazil's far-right operates

A new report maps and details the activities and ideologies of more than 20 far-right extremist...

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• 20 días

Lula's approval red flags

President Lula's approval ratings have fallen sharply in recent months. We asked...

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• 27 días

The far-right scores big wins in Congress

The Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva government once again showed its vulnerability in Congress, failing...

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Why you should care about Brazil's Cerrado

The Cerrado has a strategic significance beyond Brazil: no other biome has such a key role to...

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After rally, is Bolsonaro stronger or more in trouble?

Jair Bolsonaro got thousands of supporters on the streets of São Paulo. But the rally, although...

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Lula Israel Hitler

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva shocked many in the global community when he...

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Is Brazilian agro in crisis?

More farmers in Mato Grosso are filing for bankruptcy; climate conditions are set to reduce crop...

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Lula faces big fights in Congress

The 2024 congressional year has plenty of pitfalls in store for President Lula and his...

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Major developments in Marielle murder?

Charged with carrying out the 2018 murder of city councilor Marielle Franco, ex-cop Ronnie Lessa...

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How algorithms can be racist

Facial recognition tools, using AI-powered algorithms, have been used extensively in Brazilian...

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A year after Jan. 8, polarization shows signs of no abating

The January 8 riots were proof of how polarized Brazilian society was. One year later, it might...

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Santa brings Lula a tax reform

In the last podcast of 2023, we analyze the tax reform approved by Congress Support the show

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Brazil and the G20

Brazil pledged to launch a global alliance against hunger during the year it will hold the G20...

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War coming to South America?

In Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro seems hell-bent on annexing a large (and oil-rich) part of Guyana....

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A highly political Supreme Court pick

Lula's choice of Justice Minister Flávio Dino to sit on the Supreme Court has attracted...

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