Explaining Brazil

By The Brazilian Report

News from Brazil, by The Brazilian Report — an independent media outlet uniquely positioned to offer an insider’s view of current affairs in Brazil.

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The podcast currently has 363 episodes available.

Explaining Brazil episodes:

June 02, 2021 A crisis in Angola threatens Bolsonaro
President Jair Bolsonaro is battling multiple domestic crises — but one dispute across the Atlantic could cost him the support of a valuable ally. Read show notes. —
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22min
May 26, 2021 More variants, fewer vaccines
As vaccine rollouts stumble in multiple Brazilian regions, health officials confirm the country's first cases of the Indian variant. Read show notes. —
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17min
May 18, 2021 A president without a party
Jair Bolsonaro has seen his popularity dip in recent months, now polling behind Lula. But he has an even more immediate concern: the president needs to find a party.

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27min
May 11, 2021 Testing Bolsonaro's endurance
The Covid hearings have exposed a laundry list of malfeasance by the Bolsonaro administration during the pandemic. Will that be enough to bring him down, though?

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23min
May 05, 2021 Vaccine diplomacy in Latin America
When Latin American countries received their first vaccines, they didn't get them from Western powers — but from China and Russia instead. But these deals often came with strings attached. Guests: Flávio da Fonseca (Brazilian Virology Society) and David Fidler (Council on Foreign Relations).

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29min
April 27, 2021 The Brazilian Epstein?
A new exposé shows how one of Brazil's biggest business success stories may have covered a child sexual abuse ring, in a case with eerie parallels to that of notorious American pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Read show notes. —
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20min
April 21, 2021 Bolsonaro fighting on multiple fronts
The next few weeks are packed with the definition of the 2021 budget, the start of the Covid hearings, and Biden's climate summit. Read show notes. —
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22min
April 14, 2021 What to make of South America's Super Sunday
Elections in Ecuador and Peru were filled with surprises. Latin America correspondent Lucas Berti breaks down what they mean for the region.

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// Music in this podcast: Infados by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0 license), Fall of the Solar King by Twin Musicom (CC BY 4.0 license).
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21min
April 07, 2021 A Brazilian vaccine on the way?
With coronavirus deaths on the rise, a massive vaccination campaign seems to be Brazil's only way out of the pandemic crisis. President Jair Bolsonaro and São Paulo Governor João Doria are in a race toward the first coronavirus vaccine fully produced in Brazil. Read show notes. —
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24min
March 31, 2021 When political crisis becomes military crisis
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro carried out a massive cabinet reshuffle on Monday, raising fears that his administration could take an undemocratic turn. Read show notes. —
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31min

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