Brazil
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ECONOMY
Brazil Cuts Working Hours as Lula Races to Beat the Election Clock
Brazil’s Senate has approved a 40-hour workweek without cutting pay, handing Lula a powerful campaign victory before the presidential runoff.…
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ANALYSIS
Brazil Gives Flávio Bolsonaro First Place, but Not Yet the Presidential Keys
Flávio Bolsonaro led Brazil’s first presidential round by roughly two percentage points. The senator now faces Lula, carrying a familiar…
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Latin America Braces for Thousands of Deaths as Super El Niño Intensifies
El Niño could bring thousands of additional heat deaths to Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela, exposing a regional fault line: surviving…
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BUSINESS AND FINANCE
Brazil Election Scandal Gives Banco Master Top Billing and Voters the Bill
Brazil’s presidential election has an uninvited headliner: Banco Master. As Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro trade accusations before the October 4…
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BUSINESS AND FINANCE
Brazil Bans Online Betting and Soccer, Confronting the Price of Its Sponsors
Brazil’s online betting ban has left soccer clubs confronting their dependence on gambling money. Behind warnings of financial collapse lie…
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ANALYSIS
Brazil’s Lula Reopens an Old Argument About Who Sets Latin America’s Terms
Lula’s complaint about Latin American deference to Washington has reopened an old regional argument. Behind the campaign rhetoric lie concrete…
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SPORTS
Latin American Football Gets Younger, but Its Old Problems Refuse to Retire
Latin American football’s generational makeover has arrived with teenage goals, late collapses and familiar frustrations. Across eight national teams, four…
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ANALYSIS
Brazil Hears Lula’s Gospel Pitch as Evangelical Voters Weigh Faith and Politics
Brazil's evangelical voters are hearing gospel music, biblical appeals, and competing claims about their loyalties. As Lula seeks reelection, survey…
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AMERICAS
Brazil Heads to Polls as U.S. Lawmakers Ask Trump to Stay Out
Thirty-one U.S. lawmakers want Washington to respect Brazil’s presidential vote regardless of who wins. Their letter follows tariffs, sanctions and…
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AMERICAS
Brazil’s Thirty-Year-Old Electronic Voting System Faces Distrust as Presidential Race Tightens
Thirty years after Brazil introduced electronic voting, its inventors remember paper fraud, unfamiliar keyboards, and voters eager to experiment. Now,…
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