Regulation of betting completes one year with advances and tax challenges, highlights event in Brasilia

Event in Brasilia brings together government and industry to evaluate the first year of betting regulation. Representatives from the government and the betting industry met at the Mané Garrincha stadium to discuss... Read more »

The government wants to transform Brazil’s largest hydroelectric dam into a tilapia sanctuary with 400 tons of fish, but experts warn of the risks of biological invasion, ecological collapse, and irreversible damage to the Itaipu dam’s structure.

A plan to raise up to 400 tons of tilapia in the Itaipu reservoir is progressing in Paraguay, but is hampered by a bilateral agreement and the Brazilian Congress. The power plant... Read more »

‘Land of Strawberries’ is located in Brazil, produces 3 tons of strawberries per year, and boasts a traditional festival with viral recipes, a mild climate, safety, and landscapes that make tourists trade São Paulo for life in the countryside.

Atibaia, in the interior of São Paulo, has consolidated a historical relationship with strawberries that today combines large-scale agricultural production, official recognition, and a calendar of events that attracts visitors interested in... Read more »

Brazil Day 7 – January 10, 2026

Slowing down in coastal Arembepe Saturday took us just outside of Salvador to Arembepe, a coastal town in Bahia with its own rhythms and sense of community. The day unfolded at a different... Read more »

Indigenous protesters block Cargill facility in Brazil over Lula’s decree

SAO PAULO (AP) — Hundreds of Indigenous people have been protesting for almost a week at a Cargill facility in Santarem in northern Brazil against a decree signed in August by President... Read more »

Massis board hires private investigators over Casares at São Paulo

On the afternoon of Wednesday (28), São Paulo announced the hiring of FTI Consulting, a global consultancy specialized in crisis management, corporate investigations, and the structuring of governance and integrity practices, as... Read more »

Local Lender, Big Moves – What The Market Is Really Pricing In

BRB Banco de Brasília’s stock has been quietly rewriting its own script, with sharp swings, thin coverage from global houses, and a valuation that looks wildly different depending on the time frame... Read more »

Four-time Oscar nominee The Secret Agent: Filmmaker Kleber Mendonca Filho on art and politics

Brazilian filmmaker Kleber Mendonca Filho said scriptwriting is the hardest part of the process. It’s an exercise in deep immersion but it’s lonely. When it he showed the first 15 pages of... Read more »

Flavio Bolsonaro pledges Jerusalem embassy if elected

Flavio Bolsonaro did not walk into the “Generation of Truth” antisemitism conference like a visiting senator. He walked in like a president. His entourage was huge. Security pressed the crowd back, aides... Read more »

Stocks and fluxes of carbon and nitrogen in northeastern Brazil coastal seascapes

Mcleod, E. et al. A blueprint for blue carbon: Toward an improved understanding of the role of vegetated coastal habitats in sequestering CO2. Front. Ecol. Environ. 9(10), 552–60 (2011). Article  Google Scholar ... Read more »