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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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Brazil, Britain, and the slave trade - To Be Read: Where authors translate Brazil
A new series featuring authors talking about Brazil. The Brazilian Report's To Be Read will be a space for conversations about books that translate the country's history and contemporary political life. In its first meeting, "The Brazilian Report's To Be Read" book club will talk to Adriane Sanctis about the slave trade in the Atlantic, based on her work "Seeking Capture, Resisting Seizure."
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The Rio Grande do Sul floods
Brazil's southernmost state is underwater after days of severe heavy rains, with the human and material tolls mounting by the hour. We examine the extent of the crisis in Rio Grande do Sul
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Lula's farming feuds
The relationship between farmers and the Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva administration is by no means a warm one. The government is trying to change that with shedloads of credit
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Love It or Leave It, Ep. 4: Coup praisers, coup plotters
In the last episode of our special series about the Brazilian military dictatorship, we tell the story of how the country dealt with its authoritarian past and recently returned to the brink of a coup d'état.
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Ban the beef bros?
Credited with turning JBS into the world's largest meat-packing company, billionaire brothers Joesley and Wesley Batista are now seeking a return to the firm's board of directors after years of legal troubles. An international advocacy group seeks to stop that.
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Lira's latest Lula feud
House Speaker Arthur Lira and the Lula government's Congress liaison Alexandre Padilha are engaged in a very public disagreement. But what does that mean for the administration going forward? And for Lira's 2025 succession plans? Read show notes.
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Avis
Instructive, easy to understand and current, what else can we ask for?
Hello from Paris!
As a half Brazilian abroad, it is not always easy to keep up with Brazil and have a sense of what is going on over there. Was very happy to discover the podcast that is very instructive on current or more general topics related to Brazil. Thanks for putting this together every week, always look forward to the podcast!
Definitely a podcast to follow!
Insightful
Great impartial cover of a series of well curated Brazilian subjects / news