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  1. 5 days ago

    The first surprise of the 2016 election

    Two polls released Monday shook the political establishment. Augusto Cury, of the small Avante party, took third place in both: 11% in Nexus's survey, 7.8% in Atlas Intel's. The numbers force rivals and analysts to take Cury seriously for the first tim...

  2. 20 Aug

    What's wrong with the Brazilian Congress

    Brazil's 2026 campaign is officially underway, and almost all the attention will be on the presidential race. That's a problem, because power in Brazil is increasingly won and lost in Congress — where the budget is controlled and where any president's ...

  3. 10 Aug

    A visa, a snub, and a reopened wound

    The US State Department revoked the visa of Brazil's ambassador to Washington ( https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/us-brazil-ambassador-viotti-argentina-russia-putin ) and said the quiet part out loud: it is retaliation for Brasília withholding agr...

    A visa, a snub, and a reopened wound

  4. 4 Aug

    Brazilian trade: Life after Washington

    The US now takes less than 10% of Brazil's exports — the smallest share in decades — and Washington's tariff wall is accelerating a realignment that was already underway. Gustavo Ribeiro speaks with trade consultant Welber Barral, a former Brazilian fo...

    Brazilian trade: Life after Washington

  5. 24 Jul

    An imported playbook for Brazil's elections

    Senator Flávio Bolsonaro used his turn at Debating Brazil — an event series in which Brazilian presidential candidates present their vision of the country to foreign ambassadors — to revive discredited claims about electronic voting fraud and to promis...

    An imported playbook for Brazil's elections

  6. 13 Jul

    Flávio Bolsonaro has a few problems to deal with

    On this episode of Explaining Brazil, Gustavo Ribeiro, editor-in-chief of The Brazilian Report, talks with James Green, a historian at Brown University, about the fracturing landscape of Brazil's 2026 presidential race. Much of the conversation turns o...

    Flávio Bolsonaro has a few problems to deal with

  7. 2 Jun

    Brazil's crime syndicates are now terrorist organizations

    US Secretary of State Marco Rubio designated the Comando Vermelho (Red Command, or CV) and the Primeiro Comando da Capital (First Command of the Capital, or PCC) as foreign terrorist organizations. The Brazilian Report's editor-in-chief, Gustavo Ribeir...

    Brazil's crime syndicates are now terrorist organizations

  8. 8 May

    Lula meets Trump in Washington

    Editor-in-chief Gustavo Ribeiro sat down with historian James N. Green to unpack Lula's recent meeting with Donald Trump. While the visit yielded no concrete trade breakthroughs, it has been cast as a diplomatic victory, bolstering Lula's domestic stan...

    Lula meets Trump in Washington
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News from Brazil, by The Brazilian Report — an independent media outlet uniquely positioned to offer an insider’s view of current affairs in Brazil.

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  • Creator
    The Brazilian Report
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    427
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 The Brazilian Report
  • Show Website
    Explaining Brazil
  • Provider
    THE BRAZILIAN REPORT INC

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