Explaining Brazil

the conservative wave that swept across the country marks a major rupture. Or, instead, a critical transition - a concept developed by professors Carlos Pereira, of Fundação Getulio Vargas, Bernardo Mueller, of the University of Brasília, Marcus Mello, of the University of Pernambuco, and Lee Alston, of Indiana University in their book Brazil in Transition: Beliefs, Leadership, and Institutional Change.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brazilianreport)

It is common to point out the problems with Brazil's failed public security system. We've talked to an institution that is proposing possible solutions for the violence crisis.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brazilianreport)

We analyze the reasons for the conservative tsunami that swept Brazil's 2018 election. Three main factors come into play.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brazilianreport)

In the last episode of our special podcast about Brazil's Constitution, we will talk about how the Constitution has endured the test of time.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brazilianreport)

In the third episode of our special podcast about Brazil's Constitution, we will talk about its biggest lasting legacies: human rights for all - and a unified healthcare system.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brazilianreport)

In the second episode of our special podcast about Brazil's Constitution, we will talk about the institutional framework created in 1988.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brazilianreport)

Brazil's Constitution is 30 years old today. We have prepared a podcast mini-series to discuss how this document came to be, its impact on the Brazilian people, and its legacy to our present - and future.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brazilianreport)

The race heads to the final days before Brazilians cast their ballots. What are the moves each candidate must make to raise their stock?Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brazilianreport)

In the 1990s, the center-right seemed to be Brazil's dominating political force - embodied by the Social Democracy Party (PSDB). Now, many of the party's leaders are either tarnished by corruption or have fallen into irrelevance.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brazilianreport)

As Brazilians head to the polls in two and a half weeks, we've got to ask: What's the state of Brazilian democracy?Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brazilianreport)

After Jair Bolsonaro's stabbing and the substitution of Lula as the Workers' Party official candidate, Brazil's presidential race has turned another corner. We explain what should happen next. - Part 1: The attack on Jair Bolsonaro - Part 2: Fernando Haddad, the new Lula?Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brazilianreport)

On Sunday (September 3), the National Museum’s decay took a dramatic turn, with the building becoming consumed – and almost entirely destroyed – by flames. We have talked to the museum's deputy director, Luiz Fernando Dias Duarte, who joined us from Rio de Janeiro.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brazilianreport)

While 70 percent of the population has access to the Internet, 63 percent still get their news from television, will social media remain this much of a factor as we approach election day? The Brazilian Report talks to Fernando Vega, the Latin American Social Solutions Manager at comScore, a company specialized in gathering and analyzing data about audiences on several media platforms, especially the internet.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brazilianreport)

Now, eight years after the end of his second term, Lula is in prison, serving a 12-year sentence for passive corruption and money laundering. His Workers' Party suffered major defeats in the 2016 municipal elections, losing in many key municipalities, including their crown jewel - São Paulo. Barring the legal equivalent of a miracle, Lula will not be on the presidential ballot. So, where will the Brazilian left go in 2018 - and beyond?Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brazilianreport)

Brazilians will elect a new president, 27 new governors, 513 congressmen, and over 1,000 state lawmakers. But how exactly do Brazilian elections work?Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brazilianreport)

We have reached out to presidential campaigns and requested interviews with all candidates. Our first sit down was with Guilherme Boulos, of the Socialism and Liberty Party (Psol). As we were not in our regular studios on Rua Augusta, in São Paulo, audio quality was not optimal at certain points and we apologize for any sound issues. Here are the main takes: https://brazilian.report/power/2018/08/15/interview-guilherme-boulos/Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brazilianreport)

In two months, Brazilians will choose a new president. This past weekend, though, it was our candidates' turn to choose their running mates. We explain why that matters. Of Brazil’s 37 presidents, eight of them took the job after being elected vice president – for various reasons: death, resignation or impeachment.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brazilianreport)

As Brazil prepares to analyze the issue of abortion rights, we talk to the Center of Reproductive Rights about the possible impacts of legalizing abortions in Brazil.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brazilianreport)

This week, the leaders of the five countries meet in the 10th BRICS Summit, in Johannesburg. This summit is taking place at a pivotal time, with Brazil struggling to recover from its worst recession on record, Russia facing accusations of meddling in the American 2016 election, and China waging a trade war with the U.S. We're joined by Oliver Stuenkel, a professor at Fundação Getulio Vargas, Brazil's leading think tank, and author of The BRICS and the Future of Global Order.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brazilianreport)

Two years after the World Health Organization declared the Americas free of measles, the disease could be about to make a comeback. To discuss the issue, Explaining Brazil hosts Dr. Rosana Richtmann, an infectious disease specialist at the Emilio Ribas Institute, in São Paulo.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brazilianreport)