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The Rise and Fall of Fordlandia

November 5, 2024
History

In the late 1920s, automotive pioneer Henry Ford launched an audacious venture deep in the Brazilian Amazon, driven by his desire to secure a stable rubber supply for his burgeoning automobile empire. This ambitious project, known as Fordlandia, represented both an economic endeavor and a bold social experiment to recreate an idealized American society in the heart of the rainforest.

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Compromised G20: The Specter of Trump Looms in Rio

November 20, 2024
Politics
International Relations

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Panama Canal Crisis: Trump's Threats and Climate Change Create Perfect Storm

January 5, 2025
Environment
Trade
Politics

"There is nothing that unites Panamanians more than the defense of the canal" - Sabrina Bacal

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"King of Trash" Scandal: Brazil's Dirty Little Secret Revealed

December 24, 2024
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"This could become a new Lava Jato" - Anonymous Federal Prosecutor

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Indigenous Depictions in Brazilian History

November 4, 2024
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From colonial subjugation to modern empowerment, Brazil's indigenous peoples have transformed their identity while fighting for recognition, land rights, and cultural autonomy.

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They All Fall Down: The Human Toll of the Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge Collapse

December 30, 2024
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"A bridge doesn't collapse from one day to the next." - Carlos Eduardo Palhares Machado

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Brazil's Poverty Paradox: Less Poor, Still Most Unequal

December 5, 2024
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"When it comes to poverty-alleviation policies, the devil hides in the implementation details" - Luciana de Souza Leão, University of Michigan Professor

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Democracy's Guardian: Brazil Arrests Four-Star General in Historic Coup Investigation

December 14, 2024
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"The evidence points to strong indications and substantial evidence that the investigated Walter Souza Braga Netto contributed, to a more effective degree and of high importance than previously known, to the planning and financing of a coup d'état" - Federal Police Report

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Brazil's Human-Centric Approach to AI Regulation: A Global Pioneer

December 12, 2024
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"The regulation of AI is not urgent, as some want to point out. What's urgent is the protection of citizens' rights." - Senator Eduardo Gomes

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Memories of the Paraguayan War: The Devastating Legacy of South America's Bloodiest Conflict

December 8, 2024
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"If we don't have a war now with Brazil, we shall have one at a less convenient time for ourselves" - Francisco Solano López, during his deliberation before starting hostilities

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Silent No More: Brazil's Supreme Court Challenges 1979 Amnesty Law

December 18, 2024
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"If an amnesty today is unacceptable, the amnesty of yesterday should be equally unacceptable" - Coalition of families of victims of dictatorship

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