Explaining Brazil

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Explaining Brazil episodes

August 19, 2020 The Al Capone of Colombia
Álvaro Uribe is arguably the most powerful politician in Colombia, but he has been placed under house arrest for a fraud scandal. What does this mean for the country?Read show notes. —

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August 12, 2020 Brazilian football hits fever pitch, literally
Brazil has rushed its national football championship into a hasty return, and already there are Covid-19 cases popping up all over the league. Read show notes. —

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August 05, 2020 Brazil's place in the race for a Covid-19 vaccine
Ironically, Brazil's mismanagement of the coronavirus crisis may lead to the country cutting the line in the race for a vaccine. This episode was supported by AMEC, the Brazilian Association of Investors in Capital Markets. Read show notes. —

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July 30, 2020 Bolsonaro's ticket to re-election
Everyone predicted that the pandemic would plummet Jair Bolsonaro's approval rates. It hasn't. And now the president sees his re-election prospects grow more realistic.Read show notes. — https://brazilian.report/podcast/2020/07/30/explaining-brazil-podcast-bolsonaros-ticket-to-re-election/

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July 22, 2020 Biden or Trump, what changes for Brazil?
Few elections worldwide influence Brazil as much as the U.S. presidential race. Joe Biden seems poised to beat Donald Trump, but what would a change in the White House mean for Latin America's biggest country? Read show notes. —

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July 16, 2020 Deforestation is bad for business
Deforestation is on the rise during the Covid-19 pandemic, and now international investors have threatened to remove their money from Brazil, forcing the government to act. Read show notes. —

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July 08, 2020 Bolsonaro is one in a 1.6 million
After months of reckless behavior, President Jair Bolsonaro has been infected with the coronavirus. And is trying to make lemonade out of it. Read show notes. —

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July 01, 2020 Violent effects of Brazil's job apocalypse
The pandemic is set to cost millions of jobs in Brazil, which can cause a number of troubling knock-on effects in society. Read show notes. —

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June 25, 2020 Special: How Brazil became the Land of Football #3
In this final episode of our series, we look back at the legend of that final, and then try and frame the legacy of the 1970 World Cup, both in Brazil and abroad. Read show notes. —

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June 23, 2020 Special: How Brazil became the Land of Football #2
Pelé is the greatest footballer of all time, and the 1970 World Cup in Mexico is seen as his crowning achievement. But just months before the tournament, people in Brazil thought he was finished. Read show notes. —

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