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“Your Dad Helped Build This Airport”: Brazil’s 20th Century in One Family’s Eyes
In an internationally hailed new book, a sociologist traces Brazil’s tumultuous development through his trucker father’s life story.
In an internationally hailed new book, a sociologist traces Brazil’s tumultuous development through his trucker father’s life story.
Worries over Brazil’s fiscal deficit and monetary policy have battered the country’s currency in 2024.
Brazil’s Lula is dealing with a selloff in financial markets and an increasingly hostile Congress. How has Brazilian politics changed since his first term in office two decades ago?
The activist turned lawmaker is running for mayor of São Paulo. Can he score a win for the left in an age of rising conservatism?
AQ talked to the founder of an organization that provides palliative care in the Rocinha and Vidigal favelas.
Homicide rates have fallen steadily in recent years, but over a third of Brazil’s public believe that violence has increased since Lula took office.
Brazil’s president has restored his country’s international reputation, but his provocative gestures are bedeviling progress on his top goals.
In an era of surprisingly persistent poverty and hunger, some communities are making progress.
The political debate in Latin America’s largest democracy looks less destructive than it used to be.
A broad look at Brazil’s foreign policy as the country prepares to host the G20 summit later this year.
A large but somewhat uncertain rally points to a transition ahead for Brazil’s conservative movement.
The Brazilian president’s attacks on Israel reinforce political polarization and give the opposition room to breathe.
New economic analysis reveals that despite some progress, Brazil must do more to address racial inequality.
Tarciana Medeiros has stepped into the role at a time when the bank is at the crossroads of some of Brazil’s core existential questions.
What seems like a contradictory agenda for 2024 reflects the country’s deeper priorities, writes a Brazilian expert.