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Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro have continuously staged anti-democratic protests. The World Cup will be the ultimate test of these demonstrations' endurance. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show
Foreign observers were following the Brazilian presidential election due to climate worries. Jair Bolsonaro lost — what climate legacy will he leave behind? Read show notes. — https://brazilian.report/podcast/2022/11/09/cop27-bolsonaro-climate-legacy/ Send us your feedback Support the show
Almost 48 hours after losing the presidential election, Jair Bolsonaro broke his silence. But he stopped short of explicitly conceding to Lula. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show
With only days to go until the runoff election, President Bolsonaro has gone to great lengths to suggest electoral authorities are pushing the needle in favor of his opponent, Lula. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show
It's been exactly five years since The Brazilian Report went on air! Editor Euan Marshall sits down with editor-in-chief Gustavo Ribeiro and CEO Laura Quirin to hear the full story. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show
Brazilian candidates have been in a race for endorsements from regional political leaders. Still, social media misinformation campaigns could turn Baphomet, a deity in various occult traditions, into 2022's biggest kingmaker. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show...
Jair Bolsonaro outperformed his polling numbers, proving he put the far-right in the Brazilian political mainstream. Brazil's presidential runoff may be the tightest ever. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show...
We've reached the home stretch of the Brazilian 2022 election. On Sunday, October 2, Brazilians will hit the polls. Here's what you should keep an eye out for. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show
President Bolsonaro has hinted that he could try to stage a coup if he loses the upcoming election. If he really pulls that trigger, then what? Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show
Former Environment Minister Marina Silva, who until recently was highly critical of Lula and his Workers' Party, has just endorsed the former president. For her, democrats' main goal should be unseating Jair Bolsonaro. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show...
Just a month shy of the elections, pro-Bolsonaro protesters will hit the streets on Independence Day to show their support for the current president. But could this September 7 impact the results at the ballot box? In a special live taking place in Brasília, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo, our very own Gustavo Ribeiro and Euan Marshall will discuss the demos and their significance with Beatriz Rey, SNF Agora fellow and columnist at The Brazilian Report. Special live appearances by Cedê Silva, in ...
SPECIAL SERIES: In this fourth and final episode, we shed light on the multiple "Independence Days" across Brazil, each with its own significance. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show
SPECIAL SERIES: In the third episode of our series, we look at Brazil's wars of independence, showing that constituting this new country was not as bloodless as many believe. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show
SPECIAL SERIES: In this second episode, we look at the real story of what happened on September 7 — not the one taught in school textbooks. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show
SPECIAL SERIES: In this special mini-series, we walk you through the eccentricities and myths of this period, its legacies in the country 200 years later, and how Brazil became Brazil. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show
The much-anticipated confrontation between Lula and Jair Bolsonaro ended up being underwhelming. But besides that, have we really learned anything from Sunday's debate? Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show
The election four years ago led many to believe that TV and radio ads had become a thing of the past. But have they? This week we will talk about TV and radio ads, then and now. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show
Brazil registered 0.68-percent deflation in July, suggesting that prices are easing. But a look beneath the headline numbers makes for some sobering findings. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show
As President Jair Bolsonaro's anti-democratic antics grow in volume, banks and tycoons become vocal in their defense of democracy. A coup, after all, is bad for business. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show
Brazil has over 1,300 confirmed cases of monkeypox. With the exception of Peru’s 275 confirmed cases, no other Latin American countries have hit the 100-case mark, making Brazil the region's monkeypox hotspot. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show
The main candidacies in Brazil's presidential election in October have been made official by their parties. We discuss what that changes in the race. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show
Arguably Brazil's biggest pop star of the moment, singer Anitta has endorsed former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva — and is even giving him campaign advice. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show
The murder of a Workers' Party official spells a bad omen for Brazil's upcoming general election. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show
The Brazilian president wants to sidestep election laws to jack up spending ahead of the election. Columnist Beatriz Rey warns of the risks of giving him such powers. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show
The opposition failed to remove Bolsonaro from office with last year's Covid hearings. They want a new congressional investigation to hurt him at the ballot box. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show
While the price of gas isn't exactly the best metric to understand the economy at large, the ubiquity of fuel and its direct impact on people's monthly budgets make it an easy shorthand for the broader economic scenario — especially when prices are going up. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show...
It has been 11 days since journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira were reported missing. The police are yet to find the two. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show
A deflated Summit of the Americas won't bring many noteworthy resolutions, though it will be interesting to see what transpires from a bilateral meeting between Presidents Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil and Joe Biden of the U.S. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show...
Brazil thought the economic growth of the 2000s had rid the country of hunger. But this ghost of the past has returned to haunt the country. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show
The final spot in the presidential runoff in Colombia remains up for grabs. The dispute between populist Rodolfo Hernández and establishment conservative Fico Gutiérrez will be decided by a razor-thin margin. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show
