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The Big Picture Brazil Explained: The Country, Its Politics, Its Economy and What to Watch Economy, politics, society and daily life — the whole country in one essential read.Flávio Bolsonaro blames bishops for a false patron-saint story; they hit back. Brazil's top judges are feuding over it too, days before the vote.
What is Vale? How Brazil’s iron ore giant makes money, its Q2 2026 results, who owns it, China exposure and the Mariana and Brumadinho dam legacy.
What is Petrobras? How Brazil’s state-controlled oil giant makes money, its Q2 2026 results, who controls...
What is Nubank? How Brazil’s digital bank makes money, its Q2 2026 results, who controls it,...
Most visitors know Rio’s Little Africa, Pequena África, for Monday samba, not the Valongo Wharf nearby,...
A week before Brazil votes, Lula says the nearly US$955 million public electoral fund should go, blaming it...
Seized messages show Ricardo Lewandowski invited Banco Master owner Daniel Vorcaro to his 2024 swearing-in as Brazil's justice...
Brazil's longest-serving justice wants every federal appeals court inspected for inflated court-ordered debts after the Banco Master collapse.
81 of 89 leading Senate candidates who answered an Estadão survey back fixed terms for Brazil's Supreme Court...
Six days before Brazil votes, BTG/Nexus and Quaest both put Lula five points ahead of Flávio Bolsonaro. The...
Tonight in São Paulo: Sandra-X closes her season 12 metres underground at the Centro da Terra at 8...
Genial/Quaest poll of 2,004 voters, field September 24 to 27: Lula 39%, Flávio Bolsonaro 34% first round; runoff...
Lula wants a council to vet Brazil Supreme Court nominations, months after the Senate rejected his pick. What...