Explaining Brazil

The Brazilian Report

News from Brazil, by The Brazilian Report — an independent media outlet uniquely positioned to offer an insider’s view of current affairs in Brazil.

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Explaining Brazil

Episodes (397)

Thu Sep 17th Can Brazil's Supreme Court survive an election?
Wed Sep 9th Civil war at the Brazilian Supreme Court
Tue Sep 1st The first surprise of the 2016 election

Explaining Brazil

Sep 17, 2026
41 minutes
38 MB

For years, Brazil's Supreme Court picked fights with Congress and the presidency. This month it turned on itself. On September 15, the full court sat for more than seven hours to answer a question it has dodged for 130 years, and walked away without an answer. Gustavo Ribeiro is joined by Brown University historian James Green to unpack what happened inside that session, why it looked more like a schoolyard brawl than the country's highest court, and how a scandal involving a jailed banker and a BRL 130 million contract has swallowed the entire campaign three weeks before Brazilians go...

Explaining Brazil

Can Brazil's Supreme Court survive an election?

The Brazilian Report

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