Brazil
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LIFE
Brazil Becomes One Giant Crime Scene: Who Killed Odete Roitman?
Brazil has fallen silent for a murder that never happened. From São Paulo's bars to Rio's parks, millions are obsessed…
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ECONOMY
Brazil’s Cattle Tag Revolution: Can Traceability Save the Amazon—and Its Beef?
In the sweltering pastures of Pará, cowhands fasten bright ear tags onto restless cattle while Brazil's billion-dollar beef industry faces…
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BUSINESS AND FINANCE
In São Paulo, a One-Man Cinema Keeps Brazil’s Movie Dreams Alive
On a quiet backstreet in São Paulo, a childhood promise flickers to life every evening when the lights dim at…
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ECONOMY
Brazil’s Sleeping Giant: Serra Pelada Stirs Again as Gold Fever Returns
Brazil’s most infamous open-pit gold mine, Serra Pelada, is stirring once more with dreams of fortune and warnings of ruin.…
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AMERICAS
Brazil’s Amazon Fire Fight: From Confrontation to Cooperation
Brazil has achieved what once seemed impossible: reducing Amazon forest fires to their lowest level in more than twenty years.…
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AMERICAS
Brazilian Democracy Keeps the Beat While Congress Rushes to Pass Amnesty
On Rio's Copacabana, a protest turned into a warning as Caetano Veloso, Chico Buarque, Gilberto Gil, and Djavan led thousands…
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ANALYSIS
Brazil’s Waterway Debate: Progress Cannot Mean Empty Nets and Silenced Rivers
The government's plan to blast rock outcrops along the Tocantins to carve a 100-meter-wide waterway promises cheaper soy shipments. In…
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ANALYSIS
Bolsonaro’s 27-Year Sentence Forces Brazil’s Right to Choose Between Loyalty and Reinvention
Brazil's Supreme Court has sentenced Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison for plotting to overturn the 2022 election. As…
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ANALYSIS
Brazil Weighs Justice as Street Flags Blur into Rival Camps
What should have been a patriotic holiday of flags, music, and barbecue became a test of Brazil's democracy. As the…
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Brazil’s Discovery of CBD In a Common Shrub Could Reshape the Medical Cannabis Debate
Brazilian scientists say they have detected cannabidiol (CBD) inside Trema micrantha, a hardy shrub often dismissed as a weed. The…
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