Explaining Brazil

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Explaining Brazil episodes

August 21, 2019 Brazil's role on the global stage
Brazil has hit the headlines worldwide thanks to Jair Bolsonaro's inflammatory statements and lack of environmental policy, but there are deeper origins to Brazil's image problem abroad.Read show notes. —

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August 14, 2019 Is Brazil capable of protecting the Amazon on its own?
A Harvard professor believes that international powers could start pressuring (and even threatening) Brazil due to its environmental shortfalls. Guest: Stephen M. Walt, professor of international affairs at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.Read show notes. —

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23 min
August 07, 2019 Can Brazil approve a tax reform?
After six months of constant power struggles with the government, what can we expect from Congress in the second half of 2019?Read show notes. —

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July 31, 2019 How Brazil's prisons became war zones
Since the turn of the year of 2016 to 2017, over 200 inmates were killed within government-run prisons. In other countries, this would spark outrage, protests, and public disgust. Not in Brazil, a country where more and more people believe that the only good criminals are dead criminals.Read show notes. —

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July 24, 2019 In Brazil, new terms and conditions will apply
Brazils new data protection law will only come into force next year, but businesses should already start adapting to the new rules. The burden is expected to fall harder on small companies... and penalties can be quite hefty.Read show notes. —

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July 17, 2019 Why Argentina's presidential election matters to Brazil
On October 27, Argentinians are heading to the polls to choose who will lead their nation for the next four years. And, based on what we have seen so far, the race to the Casa Rosada will be extremely hard-fought and polarized. Read show notes. —

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July 10, 2019 Discovering Rio's Little Africa
Political scientist Maurício Santoro takes The Brazilian Report to discover Little Africa, the center of black resistance in Rio authorities tried to bury.Read show notes. —

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26 min
July 03, 2019 The Mercosur-EU trade deal, explained
Economist Monica de Bolle (Johns Hopkins University) talks to The Brazilian Report, breaking down the blockbuster deal between Europe and South America's biggest economies.Read show notes. —

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June 26, 2019 Being LGBT in Bolsonaro's Brazil
Brazil has elected an open and proud homophobe as president. As São Paulo hosted its first Pride Parade under his government, we take a look at what it means to be gay in Bolsonaro's Brazil.Read show notes. —

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June 19, 2019 Faith is a profitable business in Brazil
A look into the billion-dollar gospel market. With sociologist Paul Freston and journalist Amin Guedara.Read show notes. —

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25 min