Explaining Brazil

Brazil's employment rates will be decimated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show

Brazil's employment rates will be decimated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Read show notes. —  Send us your feedback Support the show

While the world goes into self-isolation and governments pass stimulus packages to save their economies from collapse, the Brazilian president resists such moves, and wants "business as usual." Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show

While the world goes into self-isolation and governments pass stimulus packages to save their economies from collapse, the Brazilian president resists such moves, and wants "business as usual." Read show notes. —  Send us your feedback Support the show

Brazil has recorded its first Covid-19 death, and cases are growing exponentially. Authorities warn it will get much worse before it gets any better. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show

Brazil has recorded its first Covid-19 death, and cases are growing exponentially. Authorities warn it will get much worse before it gets any better. Read show notes. —  Send us your feedback Support the show

The coronavirus outbreak is cooling off the global economy—but the Brazilian government resists the use of stimulus packages. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show

The coronavirus outbreak is cooling off the global economy—but the Brazilian government resists the use of stimulus packages. Read show notes. —  Send us your feedback Support the show

By asking supporters to take to the streets and ask for the shutdown of Congress and "the end of the Supreme Court," Jair Bolsonaro may finally have gone too far. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show

By asking supporters to take to the streets and ask for the shutdown of Congress and "the end of the Supreme Court," Jair Bolsonaro may finally have gone too far. Read show notes. —  Send us your feedback Support the show

The implementation of 5G in Brazil still has many obstacles in its way, not least pressure from the country's two leading trading partners. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show

The implementation of 5G in Brazil still has many obstacles in its way, not least pressure from the country's two leading trading partners. Read show notes. —  Send us your feedback Support the show

New revelations show the CIA sold encryption tools which allowed them to spy on South American dictatorships during some of the most brutal and deadly periods of the continent's recent history. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show

New revelations show the CIA sold encryption tools which allowed them to spy on South American dictatorships during some of the most brutal and deadly periods of the continent's recent history. Read show notes. —  Send us your feedback Support the show

Heavy rains and other extreme weather events have become the norm in Brazil, with much of the blame lying with climate change and poor urban planning. Read show notes. — https://brazilian.report/podcast/2020/02/12/explaining-brazil-podcast-95-brazil-cl...

Heavy rains and other extreme weather events have become the norm in Brazil, with much of the blame lying with climate change and poor urban planning. Read show notes. — https://brazilian.report/podcast/2020/02/12/explaining-brazil-podcast-95-brazil-climate-crisis-already-begun/ Send us your feedback Support the show

The start of the legislative year kicks off the political calendar in 2020. And President Bolsonaro has plenty on his plate: pressing reforms, a Supreme Court vacancy, and much intrigue. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show

The start of the legislative year kicks off the political calendar in 2020. And President Bolsonaro has plenty on his plate: pressing reforms, a Supreme Court vacancy, and much intrigue. Read show notes. —  Send us your feedback Support the show

The risks of a coronavirus outbreak in Brazil are less substantial for the country's public health, and more for its struggling economy. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show

The risks of a coronavirus outbreak in Brazil are less substantial for the country's public health, and more for its struggling economy. Read show notes. —  Send us your feedback Support the show

The PCC has just staged a Hollywood-esque prison escape in the Brazil-Paraguay border. We explain how a union of prisoners founded by eight men has become Brazil's (and South America's) biggest drugs gang. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Suppo...

The PCC has just staged a Hollywood-esque prison escape in the Brazil-Paraguay border. We explain how a union of prisoners founded by eight men has become Brazil's (and South America's) biggest drugs gang. Read show notes. —  Send us your feedback Support the show

Brazil is inaugurating a new research base in Antarctica. The country's top researcher in the field explains to us why the South Pole is as important for Brazil's climate as the Amazon rainforest. Read show notes. — Send us your feedback Support the show

Brazil is inaugurating a new research base in Antarctica. The country's top researcher in the field explains to us why the South Pole is as important for Brazil's climate as the Amazon rainforest. Read show notes. —  Send us your feedback Support the show

Taking stock of the first 12 months of the Jair Bolsonaro government, we speak to two experts to break down what has gone right, and what has gone wrong. Guests: Carlos Goes (Ph. D. researcher at UCSD, formerly at IMF) and Claudio Couto (Fundação Getuli...