Brazil’s Blackout Exposes a Grid Caught Between Renewables Boom and Data-Center Ambitions
A sudden power outage on October 14 left millions in Brazil without electricity and briefly darkened critical sites from airports...
October 16, 2025Section
Politics – Brazil
Talks Start Today: Brazil Pushes U.S. To Roll Back 50% Tariffs
Brazil opened negotiations in Washington on Thursday to defuse steep U.S. import duties that have pushed the effective tariff
October 16, 2025
Brazil’s Online Turn: How the Left Seized the Conversation—And Why It May Not Last
Since mid-July, Brazil’s political center of gravity on social platforms has shifted. Progressive accounts have set the tone
October 15, 2025
COP30 In Peril: Brazil Is In A Race Against Time
With one month to go before the UN climate summit opens in Belém (November 10–21), Brazil has taken the unusual...
October 14, 2025
Lula’s Supreme Court Pick Could Recast Brazil’s Legal Machine—and Its Investment Climate
A surprise early retirement by Supreme Federal Court justice Luís Roberto Barroso has set off a two-step power shuffle in...
October 14, 2025
Brazil’s Foreign Minister Heads to Washington for Talks With Marco Rubio Amid Tariff Rift
Brazil’s foreign minister, Mauro Vieira, arrived in Washington on Monday, October 13, for talks expected this week with U.S. Secretary
October 14, 2025
The Weakest Win Rate Since 1988: What a Stronger Congress Means for Lula
Brazil’s president has just learned a hard lesson about governing in 2025: Congress has the upper hand. Lawmakers let Provisional
October 13, 2025
Petrobras’s 2026–2030 Plan Faces A Hard Choice As Brent Slips Toward $60
Brazil’s oil giant is redrafting its 2026–2030 plan under very different math. The previous blueprint assumed roughly $80
October 13, 2025
Inside Brazil’s Polarization: A Small Progressive Bloc, A Big Cultural Backlash
A major national survey by More in Common with Quaest looks past the familiar Lula–Bolsonaro split and finds a more...
October 12, 2025