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Explaining Brazil

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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403 episodes

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