Sociedad Media covers Brazil’s most consequential stories—from Lula’s battle for reelection, the Bolsonaro family’s political comeback, rising fuel prices, the influence of violent criminal organizations, and Brazil’s absence from Washington’s hemispheric security alliance. Original English-language reporting on Latin America’s largest democracy—and the country whose October election could reshape the entire region
Lula & Flávio Bolsonaro both pivot toward women voters, 53% of Brazil’s electorate, highlighting crisis: 1,558 femicides in Brazil in 2025, an average of four women killed daily
Brazil’s presidential race tightens with Lula’s lead over Flávio Bolsonaro nearly erased two months before the vote — while first-time candidate Renan Santos, has quietly built a “third way” lane
São Paulo’s security chief Guilherme Derrite rejects speculation that Washington’s new terrorist designation of PCC & Comando Vermelho could pave the way for U.S. military operations in Brazil, insisting international treaties bar it
Brazil records lowest homicide rate in over a decade — but extortion, cybercrime, police killings, and disappearances all rose in the same period, while PCC and CV cells expanded across 12 U.S. states
Washington designates Brazil’s PCC & CV as Specially Designated Global Terrorists on Thursday, with a formal Foreign Terrorist Organization classification set to take effect June 5 — a move Brasília says amounts to electoral interference ahead of October’s presidential vote
The Geely EX2 ranked second in Brazilian EV sales 16 days after launch. BYD is building cars in São Paulo. BAIC is preparing its market entry. Brazil didn’t impose tariffs, allowing a tidal wave of Chinese-made vehicles
Flávio Bolsonaro spent months denying any connection to the jailed banker at the center of Brazil’s biggest financial scandal in a generation. Then The Intercept Brasil published the audio
Brazil’s October election is already one of the most consequential in the hemisphere. An 80-year-old president with two brain surgeries is running for an unprecedented fourth term. His opponent carries his father’s name and his father’s movement. And Washington is already inside the campaign
Brazil’s government shut down 27 prediction market platforms on Friday — including Kalshi, co-founded by the youngest self-made female billionaire in the world, who happens to be Brazilian. Here’s what to know
A bombshell WSJ investigation compared the PCC to the Sicilian mob and called it a global cocaine superpower. In Brazil, the reaction was volcanic — and in Washington, the timing could not be more loaded
A Comando Vermelho gun battle trapped 200 tourists on Morro Dois Irmãos this morning. Washington’s designation of Brazil’s most powerful gangs as Foreign Terrorist Organizations is now reported to be imminent
Brazil’s former intelligence chief fled a 16-year prison sentence through the jungle and into the United States. ICE has him now. Bolsonaro’s allies want asylum & Lula wants extradition
