Explaining Brazil

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Explaining Brazil episodes

April 15, 2020 Do Brazil's coronavirus numbers even mean anything?
Despite Brazil releasing updated figures on Covid-19 cases and deaths every day, inconsistencies in the data have left policymakers in the dark over the real spread of the virus. Read show notes. —

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April 08, 2020 Shopping for a new Health Minister
Amid the worst pandemic in a lifetime, President Jair Bolsonaro has gone after his own Health minister, stopping just shy of sacking him. Read show notes. —

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April 02, 2020 Brazil facing a job apocalypse
Brazil's employment rates will be decimated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Read show notes. —

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March 27, 2020 Brazil's public health enemy #1
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. —

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March 18, 2020 20 rough weeks ahead
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. —

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March 11, 2020 Is recession inescapable?
The coronavirus outbreak is cooling off the global economy—but the Brazilian government resists the use of stimulus packages. Read show notes. —

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March 04, 2020 Should Congress impeach Jair Bolsonaro?
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. —

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February 26, 2020 For Brazil, 5G can mean more than just fast internet
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. —

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February 19, 2020 Human rights abuses, powered by CIA technology
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. —

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February 12, 2020 Brazil’s climate crisis has already begun
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/

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