Explaining Brazil

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Explaining Brazil episodes

June 21, 2020 Special: How Brazil became the Land of Football #1
Fifty years ago, the greatest national football team of all time won the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. We tell the full story in this three-part series. Read show notes. —

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June 18, 2020 Covid-19 made Brazilian elections more exposed to fake news
The coronavirus has made regular meet-and-greet campaigns impossible. And that will favor political fake news rings. Read show notes. —

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June 10, 2020 Lifting the lid on a Brazil divided by race
As anti-racist protests break out around the world, we pick apart at the deep racial divides in Brazilian society and take a look at our own heritage. Read show notes. —

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June 03, 2020 Has the opposition to Jair Bolsonaro come to life?
Brazil saw anti-Bolsonaro protests this weekend. Does it mean that opposition to the far-right leader has finally come out of hibernation? Read show notes. —

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May 27, 2020 Bolsonaro's "miracle" cure for Covid-19
The world has abandoned chloroquine as a possible cure against the coronavirus. But Brazil's Bolsonaro is doubling down on his bet. Read show notes. —

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May 20, 2020 The price of a human life
If Covid-19 is a war, then heads of state must choose the fighting lanes that will cause the least casualties. Which is best? Enacting a lockdown, or reopening the economy? These economists believe they know the answer. Read show notes. —

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May 13, 2020 All the president's Covid tests
Jair Bolsonaro fought tooth and nail to keep his Covid-19 tests a secret. Johns Hopkins professor Filipe Campante explains what was at stake in this case. Read show notes. —

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May 06, 2020 Why is support for Bolsonaro so resilient?
Links to paramilitary mafias, poor economic results, controversial cabinet firings … and a botched pandemic response. None of this has dented Jair Bolsonaro's core group of supporters. Until now. Read show notes. —

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April 29, 2020 Moro puts Jair in the corner
Sergio Moro's resignation has left the Bolsonaro government in a delicate situation: it has lost its anti-corruption poster boy, and Moro's revelations could lead to a presidential indictment. Read show notes. —

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April 22, 2020 Pandemic power plays in Brazil and the U.S.
While not a perfect nickname, Bolsonaro has often been referred to as the “Trump of the Tropics”, a comparison that he's always welcomed and fueled himself. And Covid-19 has made the two far-right leaders even more alike. Read show notes. —

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