The Brazilian Report

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#LatAmReport:
A bill with vague clauses to nullify elections raises concerns about Mexico. And Sheinbaum signs an updated trade agreement with the EU.
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A Supreme Court panel has set June 16 as the date to try Eduardo Bolsonaro, the self-exiled son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, for coercion in the course of legal proceedings.
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#BrazilClimate:
Illegal gold mining can devastate protected lands and poison indigenous communities. Brazil's federal government wants to clean it up, but Congress may have other ideas.
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What you need to know in #Brazil today:

Lula hopes to bump into Trump at the G7. 
Eduardo Bolsonaro set to face the music at the Supreme Court. 
The government releases the rules for Brazil’s first battery auction.

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#DiplomaticBrief a series featuring conversations with foreign diplomats about the forces that bind — and at times divide — their countries and Brazil.

Our guest is Aldrik Gierveld, the ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Brazil since 2025. 
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In a time of political uncertainty across the Western hemisphere, with right-wing movements questioning long-held tenets of the liberal democratic consensus, many are quietly reorienting their worldviews. 
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⛏️Petrobras wants to get back into mining
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#BrazilBusiness:
Brazilian businessman Nelson Tanure made a career out of investing in risky, distressed assets in various sectors. Now he is under investigation for alleged ties to the Banco Master scandal
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What you need to know about #Brazil today:

⚔️The USTR’s tariff one-two raises the stakes for Brazil-US relations. 
✂️Budget cuts spark worries about regulatory agencies. 
⏰Senate obstacles to workweek proposal.

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#ElectionObservatory:

US designates Brazilian crime gangs as “terrorists.” USTR calls for 25% tariffs. Police dig into links between organized crime, fuel and finance. A workweek reduction bill makes progress.

by Paulo Abrão, @Brazil_Office
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#BrazilAgro:
Brazil is one of the world's largest beer producers, but it needs to import nearly all of the hops used in the process. Researchers want to change that.
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What you need to know about #Brazil today:

⚠️The USTR proposes a 25% tariff on Brazilian exports. 
⛏️Petrobras talks up mining amid Brazil’s rare earth frenzy. 
🎬Police raid “Dark Horse” producer over suspicious contract.

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Daniel Vorcaro, the former chief executive of Banco Master — the now-liquidated lender that authorities say was a front for the biggest banking fraud case in Brazilian history — has resumed plea-bargaining negotiations with the Federal Police. 
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The Brazilian economy expanded at an annual rate of 1.8% in the first three months of 2026. The data on gross domestic product, published by the IBGE federal statistics agency. 
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What you need to know in #Brazil today:

⚔️The US’s sword of Damocles over Brazil's economy. 
🤝Vorcaro’s plea deal negotiations continue. 
🎙️Our interview with the Dutch ambassador to Brazil.

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#GuideToBrazil:

Brazil's improved HDI scores are a reason for celebration, but they still mask the country’s vast inequalities and vulnerabilities.
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#BrazilSports:
Designed via a newspaper competition, Brazil’s yellow national football team shirt is a global icon. Here’s the history behind the world-famous garment.
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#LatAmReport:

Abelardo de la Espriella is the favorite to face Iván Cepeda in a runoff in Colombia. And Ecuador returns to international bond markets after painful subsidy cuts.

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In August 2025, investigators pried open one of the most ambitious money-laundering operations ever built around Brazil's fuel pumps. That operation was given a sequel this week, which showed that the money-laundering machine never switched off.
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Brazil recorded 42,590 homicides in 2024, an official rate of 20.1 per 100,000 residents and the lowest since records began in 1998 — according to the Atlas of Violence 2026, an annual study from the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA). 
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