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Carreta Furacão: Brazil’s Meme Truck of Chaos and Joy
A truck, some dollar-store superhero suits, and pure chaotic energy—inside Brazil’s strangest pop-cultural export.
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The grammar of walls, wheels, and rebellion.
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Mushrooms, Money, and Memory: Brazil’s Psychedelic Dilemma
From sacred forest remedies to multimillion-real farms and global wellness hype, psilocybin sits at the fault line of Indigenous knowledge, capitalist rebranding, and Brazil’s war on drugs.
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Your Food, Their Blood: The Hidden Violence of the Delivery Economy
The death of a delivery worker has exposed the brutal reality of Brazil's gig economy – where refusing to climb stairs can cost you your life.
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Gangsters in Gucci, Gasoline in Methanol
Inside the PCC’s billion-dollar fuel empire that turned gas stations, fintechs, and hedge funds into a laundering machine.
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The Turnstile Wardrobe: How Brazil’s Public Transport Dictates Everyday Fashion
Between sweat, steel, and silence, Brazilian fashion is forged not on the runway but on the bus aisle.
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From Ministry Stage to Mugshot: When the Word Isn’t Enough
Elisa Lucinda called funk a triumph over violence. But the state called Poze a criminal anyway.
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O Rapa vs. The People: The Order of the Streets
From slavery’s aftershocks to police sweeps, Rio’s vendors have turned survival into a public act of defiance.
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Lapdances and Dead Ends: When the Robe Turns Rogue
In the upside-down theatre of Brazilian justice, the most surreal scenes don’t happen in courtrooms—they play out on the streets.
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Mirror Rooms and Hidden Truths: The Secret History of Brazilian Motels
How Brazil's love hotels became sanctuaries of pleasure in a country that feared the body but obsessed over its silhouette.
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Crunch, Culture, and Cane Juice: Pastel isn’t just a snack
How a Deep-Fried Mashup Became São Paulo’s Street Food Icon — an edible archive of immigration, hustle, and Sampa-style survival.
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Marta and the Myth of the Equal Game
How one woman rewrote the rules while playing by them.
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From Terraces to TikTok: Betting on a Crisis
From TikTok teens betting on corner kicks to match-fixing scandals, Brazil’s national sport is spiraling into a casino of despair—and no one’s pulling the plug.