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The Big Picture Brazil Explained 2026 for Newcomers on Politics and Economy Economy, politics, society and daily life — the whole country in one essential read.Brazil services explained: the free SUS, private health plans, public and private schools, universities and what each costs foreigners in US$.
Brazil media explained: who owns Globo, Record and Folha, why trust fell to 36%, the RSF ranking and the new rules for US platforms.
Brazil religion explained: Catholics are 56.7% and evangelicals 26.9% per the 2022 census, and faith now...
Brazil resources explained for US readers: pre-salt oil, iron ore, niobium, soybeans, water and forests, and...
Brazil security in 2026: violent deaths at their lowest rate since 2012, record police killings, two...
Brazil closed the Iguaçu Falls walkway on Sunday 11 October as the river's flow passed six times its...
Banco Master's liquidator sued in Florida on 7 October to recover homes in Aspen and Miami bought for...
Flávio Bolsonaro's campaign asked Brazil's electoral court on Sunday to remove an anonymous site linking his budget plan...
Festival do Rio winners: Recife drama A Margem do Rio took five awards as the 28th festival closed...
About 2.3 million people followed the Círio de Nazaré procession in Belém on Sunday 11 October, organisers said,...
Flávio Bolsonaro asked Brazil's electoral courts to probe Federal Police chief Andrei Rodrigues over a vote-day remark, 14...
São Paulo on the 12 October holiday: rain very likely, Metrô on a Sunday timetable and rodízio suspended....
B3 is shut for Our Lady of Aparecida Day. Polymarket prices an 86.5% chance of a November Selic...