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An insider view on Brazilian politics, business, and society — in English, for the world | Instagram: brazilianreport
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#BrazilAgro:
Agribusiness does not want to be responsible for the lion’s share of Brazil’s carbon emission goals.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/climate-dispute-deforestation
Luís Roberto Barroso used his final moments as Supreme Court justice to do what he long signaled he would: cast a vote to decriminalize abortion in Brazil. 
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/barroso-leaves-with-vote-decriminalize-abortion
Brazil is preparing for a milestone that has eluded it for decades: an orbital satellite launch from its own soil. 
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/alcantara-satellite-launch-close
⚖️A higher court faces a corruption scandal. 
🗳️A vote for decriminalizing abortions. 
📺Telenovelas have lost their cultural clout — but are still money-printing machines.

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https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/justice-corruption-vale-tudo-soap-abortion-rights
🎂 #TBR8years: 8 Years of Impactful Journalism.

We’ve held power to account, connected Brazil to the world, and turned reporting into real impact.

Join us in celebrating — full access, 7 days, no strings attached at Brazilian.Report

#BrazilianReport #8yearBday #IndependentJournalism
The extended deadline for countries to submit their updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement has now come and gone, and the results are less than encouraging.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/ndc-deadline-global-climate-ambition-fails
A series of recent moves by Peruvian authorities has alarmed indigenous groups, who warn that uncontacted communities face mounting threats to their survival.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/uncontacted-communities-at-risk-peru
🗺️#MAPS: Do you REALLY know how big Brazil is? #TBR8years

As we celebrate our 8th birthday, we’re revisiting the pieces that defined our journey.
With a month to go before COP30 kicks off in Belém, the city has endured headaches related to accommodation, sanitation, construction and just about everything else under the Amazonian sun. 
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/cop30-health-care-time-bomb
💾⚠️#TBR8years: 

The Brazilian Report tells the story of how former diplomats from Brazil and the U.S. championed an effort to unclog semiconductor supplies to electronic voting machines 
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/semiconductor-crisis-democracy-election
What you need to know in #Brazil today:

🧑‍⚖️ The next wave of coup trials.
💡 Brazil experiences a brief power outage.
🔥 In Brasília, Lula’s next Supreme Court pick is the hot topic.

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https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/coup-trial-outage-supreme-court-pick-lula
🖥️⚖️#TBR8years: The plan to hack Brazil’s chief electoral justice

Eight years ago, we set out to bring context to Brazil’s complex stories. Today, we look back at the pieces that made that mission real.
Whether Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro manages to cling to power or not, opposition leader María Corina Machado has already secured her place in history. 
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/opposition-leader-maria-corina-machado-nobel-peace-prize
🇵🇹 #GuideToBrazil:
Many Brazilians embraced Portugal’s anti-immigration agenda. Now, they may face stricter border controls.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/portuguese-borders-immigration-election
🏟️ #BrazilSports:
Once a fixture in the first division, the historic club is betting its future on investors and a new arena rising from the Canindé — but football success remains far from guaranteed. 
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/cannabis-regulation-high-potential
What you need to know in #LatinAmerica today:

The most unpopular president in the hemisphere is finally ousted in Peru. And Venezuela’s opposition leader wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

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https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/boluarte-ousted-peru-machado-nobel-peace-prize
Before hosting the COP30 in 30 days, the Amazonian city of Belém turns its attention elsewhere this weekend, as millions prepare for what is Brazil’s largest Catholic event — Círio de Nazaré.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/brazil-worlds-biggest-religious-events
A streak of good news for the Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva administration came to an abrupt end on Wednesday, when Congress allowed the expiration of a provisional decree that raised taxes on several investment products.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/government-and-house-bitter-divorce
📊 New census data portrays Brazil’s inequality. 
🙏 Belém takes to the streets for one of the world’s biggest religious events. 
💉 The latest on Brazil’s Covid vaccine development.

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https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/census-inequality-vaccine-research-cirio-de-nazare-cop30
🛤️#BrazilClimate:
Touted as a game-changer for agribusiness, the 933-kilometer railway could also deepen Amazon deforestation and threaten traditional communities — and its economics may not add up either.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/ferrograo-railway-soy-indigenous
Brazil solves only about one-third of its murder cases, according to a new report from the Sou da Paz Institute, a nonprofit focused on public security. The figure has changed little in nearly a decade.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/where-you-can-get-away-with-murder
Vehicular traffic is the bane of many major cities worldwide, particularly densely populated capitals with limited public transportation options. 
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/south-korean-solution-guatemala-traffic-problem
📱 Lack of a court decision on social media content creates legal limbo. 
🏛️The government’s positive streak in Congress could never last. 
🔪Figures of unsolved murders in Brazil.

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https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/supreme-court-social-media-budget-lula-murder