Brazil

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

U.S. Designates Brazil’s PCC & Comando Vermelho as Foreign Terrorist Organizations

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

By Dionys Duroc

/ 29 May 2026

U.S. Designates Brazil’s PCC & Comando Vermelho as Foreign Terrorist Organizations

Chinese Electric Cars Are Taking Over Brazil’s Streets

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

By Dionys Duroc

/ 28 May 2026

Chinese Electric Cars Are Taking Over Brazil’s Streets

Leaked Voice Message Upends Brazil’s Presidential Race — Five Months Before Vote

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

By Dionys Duroc

/ 21 May 2026

Leaked Voice Message Upends Brazil’s Presidential Race — Five Months Before Vote

Brazil Readies for Elections in October. But Can Lula Make it That Far?

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

By Dionys Duroc

/ 27 Apr 2026

Brazil Readies for Elections in October. But Can Lula Make it That Far?

Brazil Blocks Kalshi: Here’s What Happened & Why

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

By Dionys Duroc

/ 25 Apr 2026

Brazil Blocks Kalshi: Here’s What Happened & Why

Wall Street Journal Calls Brazil’s Gangs the New Italian Mafia — Brasília is Outraged

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

By Dionys Duroc

/ 22 Apr 2026

Wall Street Journal Calls Brazil’s Gangs the New Italian Mafia — Brasília is Outraged

200 Tourists Trapped on Rio Hillside Above Turf War — Washington to Call Brazil’s Gangs Terrorist Organizations

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

By Dionys Duroc

/ 20 Apr 2026

200 Tourists Trapped on Rio Hillside Above Turf War — Washington to Call Brazil’s Gangs Terrorist Organizations

Brazil’s Former Spy Chief in ICE Custody in Florida. Bolsonaro’s Allies Want Asylum. Lula Wants Him Back

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

By Sociedad Media

/ 14 Apr 2026

Brazil’s Former Spy Chief in ICE Custody in Florida. Bolsonaro’s Allies Want Asylum. Lula Wants Him Back

Brasília is Watching the Bombs Fall on Tehran—and Lula Doesn’t Like it

Brazil condemned the US-Israel strikes on Iran, abstained on a lopsided UN Security Council resolution, and is now facing the deepest tension between its foreign policy identity and Washington in a generation

By Dionys Duroc

/ 30 Mar 2026

Brasília is Watching the Bombs Fall on Tehran—and Lula Doesn’t Like it

“Worst Experience of My Life”: Argentine Lawyer Agostina Páez Cleared to Return Home After 10 Weeks Detained in Brazil

“It was the worst experience of my life.” After 10 weeks detained in Brazil, Argentine lawyer Agostina Páez is finally heading home—but the case exposed something much bigger than one bar dispute

By Dionys Duroc

/ 24 Mar 2026

“Worst Experience of My Life”: Argentine Lawyer Agostina Páez Cleared to Return Home After 10 Weeks Detained in Brazil

Bolsonaro Granted House Arrest on Health Grounds—and What It Means for Brazil, the U.S., and October’s Election

Bolsonaro is out of prison—but barred from running. His son is in a dead heat with Lula. And Washington is watching. Today’s ruling just changed the stakes for Brazil’s October election

By Dionys Duroc

/ 24 Mar 2026

Bolsonaro Granted House Arrest on Health Grounds—and What It Means for Brazil, the U.S., and October’s Election

The Banker Who Knows Everyone—and is About to Tell All: Brazil’s Banco Master Scandal Reaches its Breaking Point

He threatened to have a journalist’s teeth broken. He dined with Lula. He texted a Supreme Court justice the morning of his arrest. Now Daniel Vorcaro is negotiating a plea deal—and everyone in Brasília is losing sleep

By Dionys Duroc

/ 21 Mar 2026

The Banker Who Knows Everyone—and is About to Tell All: Brazil’s Banco Master Scandal Reaches its Breaking Point