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Brazil - exporting, and global business
Brazil - and international trade, importing and FDI issues
Brazil - energy issues
Brazil - Amazonas, Manaus and economic development issues
Brazil - Agriculture and economic development
Brazil - Property Rights, Inequality, Land Rights, Agriculture and Development issues
Brazil - introduction
Latin America - policies, economic development, issues
Sao Paulo Brazil - Geography, History, Culture
Brazil - Education Issues
a collection of articles about Portugal
Colonial History of Brazil and Portugal
a collection of articles about Agriculture Technology in Latin America
Economic Impact (Latin America) of the COVID19 - Coronavirus pandemic
Brazil - Inequality, Poverty, Hunger Issues
Brazil - travel, tourism
a collection of articles about VC fundraising and investment in Latin America
A collection of articles and videos about issues in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A collection of articles about Festivals and Celebrations
Amazon forest in Brazil, Peru, Ecuador
A collection of articles about Brazil - Soccer, futbol, and sports
A collection of articles and videos about Fordlandia Brazil
a collection of articles about VC fundraising and investment in Latin America
A collection of articles and videos about crime and violence issues in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A collection of articles and videos about Brazil and it's geography
A collection of articles and videos about Politics and Religion in Brazil
A collection of articles and videos about Politics in Brazil - 2018 Presidential election
A collection of articles and videos about Politics in Brazil
a collection of articles about Brazil - finance and economics
a collection of articles about Brazil - more

Resources for this Location

Article

Revelo's LatAm talent network sees strong demand from US companies, thanks to AI | TechCrunch

The company saw a surge of interest during Covid-19, now it's seeing strong demand for another reason: training LLMs. (2025)


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Brazilian football looks like the next Premier League

A new private model has helped Brazil’s football clubs become dominant. Awash with money, the country’s teams are conquering South America | Th... (2024)


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Latin America’s new hard right: Bukele, Milei, Kast and Bolsonaro

Crime, abortion and socialism, not immigration, are the issues that rile them | The Americas (2024)


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Oil in Brazil. The perils of Petrobras

Why Lula keeps meddling with Latin America’s top oil company. His worst instincts are undermining the national oil company’s hard-won gains | The A... (2024)


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To save the Amazon, Lula must work out who owns it

The fight against deforestation is going better. But it needs cash, cops—and a better property register | The Americas (2023)


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Brazil’s hinterland now resembles Texas

The new Brazil. It is a land of “roughs”, not playboys. The hinterland is getting political and cultural clout | The Americas (2023)


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Latin America could become this century’s commodity superpower

Commodities in the 21st century. A growing, greening world will be ravenous for Latin America’s commodities. Will it deliver? | The Americas (2023)


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The next commodity boom. How Latin America could be a commodities superpower

It must not squander the opportunity of the next commodity boom | Leaders (2023)


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Visa acquires Brazilian fintech startup Pismo in $1B blockbuster deal | TechCrunch

Credit card giant Visa is acquiring Brazilian payments infrastructure provider Pismo for $1 billion in cash. (2023)


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MST in Brazil: If You Don’t Use Your Land, These Marxists May Take It - The New York Times

The Landless Workers Movement organizes Brazil’s poor to take land from the rich. It is perhaps the largest — and most polarizing — social movement... (2023)


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Deforestation, reforestation - Our World in Data

Humans destroyed forests for thousands of years – we can become the first generation that achieves a world in which forests expand - Our World in D... (2022)


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Brazilian fintech Creditas lands $4.8B valuation and Fidelity as an investor

Brazilian lender Creditas announced today that it has raised $260 million in a Series F funding that values the company at $4.8 billion. That’s up ... (2022)


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Investing in Inventa | Andreessen Horowitz

Inventa is a B2B marketplace that connects brands and independent retailers in Brazil, helping a brand reach new customers and the independent reta... (2022)


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What a Brazilian state can teach the world about education | The Economist

Ceará offers a model for rebuilding schools after the pandemic | The Americas (2022)


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Latin America’s food paradox – TechCrunch

If we want to successfully address malnutrition in Latin America, agritech and food tech solutions need to come from within. (2021)


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Hunger in Brazil - An old scourge returns - The Economist

As covid-19 rages, many poorer people can no longer afford enough food | The Americas Brazilians are increasingly going hungry… (2021)


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Why Latin America’s economy has been so badly hurt by covid-19 | The Economist

Global GDP contracted by 3% last year, but that of Latin America and the Caribbean fell by 7% | The Americas (2021)


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Latin America’s Fintech Boom - a16z Andreessen Horowitz

The key market dynamics in the region, the headwinds and tailwinds, and five core areas of opportunity for the next billion-dollar fintech companie... (2021)


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Mexican unicorn Kavak raises a $485M Series D at a $4B valuation – TechCrunch

Kavak, the Mexican startup that’s disrupted the used car market in Mexico and Argentina, today announced its Series D of $485 million, which now va... (2021)


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A city in Brazil where covid-19 ran amok may be a ‘sentinel’ for the rest of the world

What happens when a major city allows the coronavirus to rage unchecked? If the Brazilian city of Manaus is any answer, it means about two-thirds o... (2020)


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MIT - Brazil is sliding into techno-authoritarianism

For many years, Latin America’s largest democracy was a leader on data governance. In 1995, it created the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee, a... (2020)


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Brazil gives equal pay to men's and women's national players

Brazil's women's national players will be paid the same as male players for representing their country, says the CBF. (2020)


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Brazil Bolsonaro: Facebook told to block accounts of president's supporters

The social media giant vows to appeal against the Brazilian Supreme Court ruling. (2020)


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WhatsApp payments suspended in Brazil by Central Bank

Brazil’s Central Bank has suspended WhatsApp’s payments feature in the country to ensure competition in the payment system market. The news just ov... (2020)


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Brazilian tech startup Digibee raises $5 million, expands to Miami

Fresh off a $5 million funding round from South Florida investors, Brazilian startup Digibee is expanding into the U.S., with Miami as its base of ... (2020)


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The Amazon - Of chainsaws and supply chains

Of chainsaws and supply chains - How big beef and soya firms can stop deforestation | The Americas | The Economist They don’t chop down Amazonia... (2020)


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Governing dangerously - A year of Jair Bolsonaro | Leaders | The Economist (2019)

Brazil’s president can boast some achievements. They come at a high price (2020)


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Sorry Bezos, Brazil Already Has an Amazon. It's MercadoLibre - Bloomberg (2019)

When Amazon.com Inc. announced it was rolling out its popular Prime delivery subscription service in Brazil last month, shares of  local e-commerce... (2019)


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As Billions Flow Into Latin America, Its Startup Scene Scales – Crunchbase News (2019)

It’s been a good year for Latin America when it comes to venture funding. “Over the course of the year, it has become increasingly clear to thos... (2019)


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Playing a false-9 position: Is Roberto Firmino world class? - Onefootball

Firmino was doing everything a No.9 should be doing but then he’d cover off what was expected from a No.10. People initially described him as a fal... (2019)


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AI, Brazil, and the Future of VC: Insights from Manoel Lemos (Redpoint eventures) - PodKast #233

In this episode, Manoel Lemos, a managing partner at Redpoint eventures and a key player in Brazil’s startup scene, takes us on a ride through his ... (2024)


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Vita Coco: My Billion-Dollar Coconut Water Company

After a chance encounter with two Brazilian women in a New York City bar in 2003 and hearing about the tasty coconut water they missed from back ho... (2024)


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Manaus: Why Brazil Built a City in the Middle of the Amazon

The Brazilian city of Manaus sits alone in the middle of the Amazon, and yet it still grew to become the seventh largest city in the country. So wh... (2023)


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Brazil: History, Geography, Economy & Culture

Taking up half the continent of South America, Brazil is host to vast array of landscapes and biomes - from the steamy Amazon Rainforests, to the s... (2023)


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How did Brazil Become a Country?

How did Brazil Become a Country?Once Portugal realized that this newfound land was on their side of the Tordesillas line, the initial goal was to e... (2023)


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10 Best Places to Visit in Brazil - Travel Video

10 Best Places to Visit in Brazil - Travel Video Famous for being home to one of the world’s top football... (2022)


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São Paulo, Brazil's MEGACITY: Largest City in the Americas

São Paulo, Brazil is the largest metropolis in the Americas and the economic engine of the world’s sixth most-populous country.Video by Bryce Plank... (2022)


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What's happening to football in Brazil?

Brazil produces some of the best football players globally and has done for genera... (2022)


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Portugal’s Insane Plan to Double Its Territory

Portugal’s Insane Plan to Double Its Territory (2021)


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Geography Now! Brazil

Wow this was a difficult one. Thanks to all the Brazilian Geograpeeps that contacted me and helped out with this video! (2021)


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Don't go to Brazil - Travel film by Tolt #17

One advice: never set foot on Brazilian soil. Please watch this video until the end to be sure to understand. Some of the footage used in this clip... (2020)


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Why Brazilian Women Support Jair Bolsonaro - New York Times

Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s newly elected president, is known for his offensive remarks about women, but his hard-line agenda on crime has spurred man... (2019)


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Why this far-right candidate won Brazil's election -- Vox

Jair Bolsonaro, a congressman who has praised Brazil’s past military dictatorship, has become the country's president. Subscribe to our channel! ht... (2018)


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The biggest corruption scandal in Latin America’s history - And possibly the whole world -- Vox

Vox Published on Oct 26, 2018 In 2014, the largest corruption scandal in Latin America’s history erupted in Brazil. It involved bribes between ... (2018)


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Brazil's Geographic Challenge - Stratfor

Stratfor explains Brazil's geographic challenge to consolidate control over its vast territory and connect its regions more efficiently. About Stra... (2018)


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Brazil's Evangelical Far Right Could Elect The Country's Next President (HBO) - Vice News

Brazil’s supreme court ruled Wednesday that former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has to start serving a 12-year prison sentence immediately, ... (2018)


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Why Brazil Might Elect An Ultra-Right Wing President (HBO) - Vice News

RIO DE JANEIRO — On a recent Sunday morning, a few hundred shirtless men wearing camo pants tucked into army boots got together to run in formation... (2018)


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Brazilian Elections: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - 2018

Brazil is about to elect a new president during a turbulent period of political corruption and economic uncertainty. John Oliver urges the people o... (2018)


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Henrique Dubugras and Anu Hariharan Discuss Brex's Corporate Card For Startups

Henrique Dubugras - https://twitter.com/hdubugras - is the cofounder of Brex - https://brex.com/ - which provides corporate cards for startups. Anu... (2018)


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Inside Rio’s favelas, the city's neglected neighborhoods - Vox

The Rio you won’t see at the Olympics Watch part 1, "2016 Olympics: What Rio doesn’t want the world to see" (2018)


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“Salvador Hyperlapse” - Shot on a Cell Phone in Vimeo Staff Picks on Vimeo

- All the images that make up this video were captured with the ASUS ZENFONE 3 phone. All the editing made in Adobe Lightroom and After Effects. -... (2018)


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Carnival: origins of the world’s biggest party | The Economist

The Economist Published on Jan 31, 2018 Carnival started as a pagan festival in ancient Egypt and has grown to become one of the largest celebr... (2018)


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Go Outside - Repellent Radio

Using radio music to repel mosquitoes This is "Go Outside - Repellent Radio" by bruno bomediano garcia on Vimeo "Go Outside's Repellent Radio... (2018)


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Go Outside - Repellent Radio

Using radio music to repel mosquitoes This is "Go Outside - Repellent Radio" by bruno bomediano garcia on Vimeo "Go Outside's Repellent Radio... (2017)


Podcast

Fordlandia (Brazil)- 99% Invisible

In the late 1920s, the Ford Motor Company bought up millions of acres of land in Brazil. They loaded boats with machinery and supplies, and shipped... (2018)


Podcast

How Fake Money Saved Brazil : Planet Money : NPR

An economist and his grad-school buddies tricked the people of Brazil into saving the country's economy. Twenty years ago, Brazil's inflation... (2018)


Podcast

How Fake Money Saved Brazil : Planet Money : NPR

An economist and his grad-school buddies tricked the people of Brazil into saving the country's economy. Twenty years ago, Brazil's inflation... (2017)


Website

Fastdezine

We are a marketplace for outsourced recurring design needs with ensured delivery. Through project management and our platform, we guarantee delivery. (2018)


SlideShare

Brazil Digital Report - 1st Edition - 2019 - Brazil at Silicon Valley

Brazil Digital Report: a first-edition dossier on the Brazilian digital economy. A comprehensive report on trends and facts for investors, public a... (2019)