Thomaz Favaro

Content Policy | Political Risk | Public Policy. LatAm and beyond. São Paulo-based, formerly London and Bogota.

[Tristan S. Rapp @Hieraaetus]

For really no particular reason, I'd like to talk a little bit about this place

[boz @bloggingsbyboz]

My current view on the region: We're still in a major anti-incumbent moment. But that trend will crash into a surprising number of pro-incumbent elections in 2024.

[Thomaz Favaro @thomazfavaro]

Not an analogy you read every day!

[Robin Brooks @robin_j_brooks]

Brazil is on track to become the Switzerland of Latin America. A huge trade surplus is emerging, unlike any other country in the region. This is going to give Brazil external stability and a strong currency unlike the rest of Latin America. Brazil will be the region's anchor...

[Thomaz Favaro @thomazfavaro]

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[Great House @xspotsdamark]

Between 1860 & 1890, an estimated 50,000 Afro-Brazillians settled across West & Central Africa, primarily in Angola, Nigeria, Togo, Ghana & Benin, where they played pivotal role in establishing cultural & commercial centers in cities such as Luanda, Lagos, Lome, Porto Novo, Accra

[Tomas Pueyo @tomaspueyo]

Why is Africa the way it is?
What are its main regions?
Its most defining features?
What's key about each country?

Most of it is rooted in 2 factors.

Here's how to understand Africa and each one of its countries:

[Thomaz Favaro @thomazfavaro]

This is absolutely the most hilarious thing you will see today. Happy Monday!

[Aleksandr Volodarsky @volodarik]

Sunday read.

This is hilarious. Engineers are competing who creates the worst UI on Reddit.

I think the winners are:

1/ Enter your phone number

[Oversight Board @OversightBoard]

Today the Board selected a new case about a call to “besiege” federal buildings in the aftermath of #Brazil’s elections and whether such speech should be allowed.

As part of the Board’s deliberation process, we are inviting people and organizations to submit public comments Today the Board selected a new case about a call to “besiege” federal buildings in the aftermath of #Brazil’s elections and whether such speech should be allowed.

As part of the Board’s deliberation process, we are inviting people and organizations to submit public comments Today the Board selected a new case about a call to “besiege” federal buildings in the aftermath of #Brazil’s elections and whether such speech should be allowed.

As part of the Board’s deliberation process, we are inviting people and organizations to submit public comments Today the Board selected a new case about a call to “besiege” federal buildings in the aftermath of #Brazil’s elections and whether such speech should be allowed.

As part of the Board’s deliberation process, we are inviting people and organizations to submit public comments Today the Board selected a new case about a call to “besiege” federal buildings in the aftermath of #Brazil’s elections and whether such speech should be allowed.

As part of the Board’s deliberation process, we are inviting people and organizations to submit public comments ↓

[chrisplumb @chrisplumb]

https://t.co/hiYRApBIr5 Reuters is looking for a Latin American mining correspondent - a great opportunity in one of the global hotspots for the industry.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Researchers studied the impact of meetings on our brains.

This is fascinating…

[Thomaz Favaro @thomazfavaro]

Thanks Hollie Cook for spending 429 minutes with me in 2022. I couldn’t stop listening to 99 and Milk & Honey. #SpotifyWrapped https://t.co/DULI8rXyuc

[FOX Soccer @FOXSoccer]

ARE YOU SERIOUS RICHARLISON?! 😱😱🇧🇷

[Thomaz Favaro @thomazfavaro]

@AKurmanaev @nytimes Thank you for your excellent reporting throughout these years, my friend! Best of luck in your new challenge, no doubt you will thrive again :)

[Exclave @canalexclave]

O MASCOTE DA OLIMPÍADA 2024 É UM BARRETE FRÍGIO

A Phryge Olímpica e a Phryge Paralímpica foram anunciadas nesta segunda-feira.

Tá, mas o que é um barrete frígio?

[Esteban Actis @actis_esteban]

16 victorias seguidas de la OPOSICIÓN en elecc. presi. en AmLat

1-🇨🇴(2018)
2-🇲🇽 (2018)
3-🇧🇷 (2018)
4-🇸🇻 (2019)
5-🇩🇴 (2019)
6-🇬🇹 (2019)
7-🇦🇷 (2019)
8-🇺🇾 (2019)
9-🇧🇴 (2020)
10-🇪🇨 (2021)
11-🇵🇪 (2021)
12-🇨🇱 (2021)
13-🇭🇳 (2021)
14-🇨🇷 (2022)
15-🇨🇴 (2022)
16-🇧🇷 (2022)

Vía @javicaches

[Thomaz Favaro @thomazfavaro]

Sim!

[Alberto Carlos Almeida @albertocalmeida]

Debate horrível

[Thomaz Favaro @thomazfavaro]

This is hilarious

[Rupert Myers @RupertMyers]

Good grief, The Economist does not hold back 💥 https://t.co/9EBHKN1nEK

[Thomaz Favaro @thomazfavaro]

Importantíssimo - mudanças legislativas têm gerado frutos na composição do sistema partidário

[Alberto Carlos Almeida @albertocalmeida]

GRANDE NOTÍCIA
Meu amigo e cientista político Octávio Amorim Neto calculou o número de partidos efetivos na Câmara dos Deputados: 10.

Em 2018 foram 16.

Uma grande redução! Em mais uma eleição, com a lei atual, atingiremos número compatível com 99% dos países do mundo!

[AtlasIntel BR @atlaspolitico]

Mais uma controversia. Atlas chegou mais próximo do resultado final da eleição presidencial que qualquer outro instituto.