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The Brazilian Report

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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Episodis

404 episodis

  1. How do the US midterms affect Brazil? 37:18
  2. Lula re-elected, Flávio on the run 42:28
  3. A coin-flip runoff 37:25
  4. Taking stock of an electoral shock 44:33
  5. Brazil's economy is growing. So why isn't Lula polling better? 39:52
  6. Flávio Bolsonaro upsets the gods 27:57
  7. How to read Brazil's election polls 1:05:09
  8. Can Brazil's Supreme Court survive an election? 41:02
  9. Civil war at the Brazilian Supreme Court 36:03
  10. The first surprise of the 2026 election 38:03
  11. What's wrong with the Brazilian Congress 43:50
  12. A visa, a snub, and a reopened wound 34:39
  13. Brazilian trade: Life after Washington 27:23
  14. An imported playbook for Brazil's elections 40:40
  15. Flávio Bolsonaro has a few problems to deal with 46:18
  16. Brazil's crime syndicates are now terrorist organizations 41:41
  17. Lula meets Trump in Washington 52:29
  18. Trouble ahead for Brazil-US relations? 48:28
  19. Time to investigate Brazil's Supreme Court justices? (preview) 8:03
  20. Brazil's water leverage. And its fault lines (preview) 12:42
  21. An indigenous victory against Cargill on the Tapajós River (preview) 10:06
  22. Brazilian stocks’ record run (preview) 6:46
  23. Brasília enters an election year on edge (preview) 11:18
  24. Banco Master and the Supreme Court: After the glory came the crisis (preview) 10:25
  25. How the Mercosur-EU deal impacts Brazilian firms beyond exports (preview) 11:35
  26. What happened to Brazil-Venezuela relations? (preview) 15:19
  27. Trump’s Venezuela play: How it reshapes South America’s risk map (preview) 12:34
  28. Checks and balances turned into vendettas (preview) 10:28
  29. What needs repair in Brazil's public sector machine? (preview) 11:31
  30. Good COP? Bad COP? (preview) 11:00
  31. Brazil’s Central Bank led a revolution (preview) 9:59
  32. Supreme Court to Brazilians: “Follow the money” (preview) 10:33
  33. COP30: Will climate action take root? (preview) 15:06
  34. Who will be Brazil's next Supreme Court justice? (preview) 9:18
  35. 2026 election: A year away, what do polls say? (preview) 5:07
  36. Brazil's tax system fuels income inequality (preview) 8:28
  37. Self-serving politics (preview) 14:23
  38. The PCC’s sprawling presence in Brazil’s economy (Preview) 10:02
  39. Bolsonaro: from the barracks, to the presidency ... to prison? (preview) 17:03
  40. Brazil's trial of the century (Preview) 13:07
  41. Can Brazil own its digital destiny? (Preview) 13:06
  42. The battle for control over Brazil's Congress (Preview) 9:54
  43. Supreme Court places Bolsonaro under house arrest (Preview) 8:12
  44. US tariffs: Brazil is negotiating with an “elected autocracy” (Preview) 6:53
  45. Trump declares (trade) war on Brazil (Preview) 12:52
  46. Social security scandals, Brazil's emissions beef and a papal funeral 11:54
  47. COP 30: are locals ready to shape policies? (Preview) 4:45
  48. Penal populism, agro jobs and Bolsonaro under the knife 9:46
  49. Trump’s decline, Embraer’s rise, and Lula in a gun fight 10:21
  50. Brazil braces for Trump's tariffs (Preview) 6:00