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The Brazilian Report @brazilianreport.bsky.social · 10h

#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

The Brazilian Report @brazilianreport.bsky.social · 12h

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

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The Brazilian Report @brazilianreport.bsky.social · 15h

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

The Brazilian Report @brazilianreport.bsky.social · 17h

⚖️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

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The Brazilian Report @brazilianreport.bsky.social · 3d

🎂 #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 Brazilian Report @brazilianreport.bsky.social · 3d

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

The Brazilian Report @brazilianreport.bsky.social · 4d

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

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The Brazilian Report @brazilianreport.bsky.social · 5d

🗺️#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.

The Brazilian Report @brazilianreport.bsky.social · 5d

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

The Brazilian Report @brazilianreport.bsky.social · 6d

💾⚠️#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

The Brazilian Report @brazilianreport.bsky.social · 6d

Brazil is edging closer to rolling out a homegrown Covid vaccine.
https://newsletters.brazilian.report/p/brazilian-covid-vaccine-closer-to-reality

The Brazilian Report @brazilianreport.bsky.social · 6d

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

The Brazilian Report @brazilianreport.bsky.social · 7d

The hacker who broke into messaging accounts of hundreds of Brazilian authorities admitted in recorded conversations that he planned to steal data from Brazil's chief electoral justice

The plan to hack Brazil’s chief electoral justice

Exclusive: the hacker who broke into messaging accounts of hundreds of Brazilian authorities admitted in recorded conversations that he planned to steal data from Brazil's chief electoral justice

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The Brazilian Report @brazilianreport.bsky.social · 7d

🖥️⚖️#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.

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The Brazilian Report @brazilianreport.bsky.social · 7d

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

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The Brazilian Report @brazilianreport.bsky.social · 8d

🇵🇹 #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

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The Brazilian Report @brazilianreport.bsky.social · 9d

🏟️ #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

The Brazilian Report @brazilianreport.bsky.social · 10d

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

The Brazilian Report @brazilianreport.bsky.social · 10d

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

The Brazilian Report @brazilianreport.bsky.social · 10d

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

The Brazilian Report @brazilianreport.bsky.social · 10d

📊 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

The Brazilian Report @brazilianreport.bsky.social · 11d

🛤️#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

The Brazilian Report @brazilianreport.bsky.social · 11d

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

The Brazilian Report @brazilianreport.bsky.social · 11d

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

The Brazilian Report @brazilianreport.bsky.social · 11d

📱 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