Euan Marshall

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Crowdfund falls short, but Corinthians faithful show their powerThe Corinthians support is one of Brazil’s biggest — and among the most passionates, as their multi-million crowdfunding effort showed. Photo: A. Paes/Shutterstock The Gaviões da Fiel, the largest ultras group of super-popular São Paulo football club Corinthians, made a bold announcement in November last year.

1 week ago | newsletters.brazilian.report | Euan Marshall

A TADP researcher transports an extracted core from the drilling site in Rodrigues Alves, Acre. Photo: Isaac S. Bezerra, IGc-USP The Amazon basin is home to more than half of the remaining tropical forest in the world, making it one of the planet’s biggest non-oceanic carbon stores and giving it a crucial role in influencing global climate and temperature. It is also the most biodiverse place on Earth, with more than 3 million species of plants and animals (that we know about) living there.

1 week ago | newsletters.brazilian.report | Euan Marshall

Casimiro and CazéTV redefine sports broadcasting in BrazilCasimiro Miguel. Photo: Instagram/@casimiro As will be the case throughout the Brazilian football season, two of this weekend’s top-division matches will be broadcast free of charge. One will be shown by broadcasting behemoth TV Globo, filling Brazil’s traditional Sunday 4 pm kick-off slot.

2 weeks ago | newsletters.brazilian.report | Euan Marshall

Oil means money in Brazil, but has it brought development? Shipyard in Maricá, the Brazilian city that gets the most from oil royalties. Photo: Maarten Zeehandelaar/Shutterstock In the small quilombo community of Patuazinho, in the northern Brazilian municipality of Oiapoque, threats and land invasions have become more and more common since 2023, when state-controlled oil company Petrobras stepped up its push to drill for oil off the nearby coast, and near the mouth of the Amazon River.

2 weeks ago | newsletters.brazilian.report | Euan Marshall

Calderano breaks China’s serve with World Cup winHugo Calderano became the first non-Chinese player to win a major table-tennis tournament on Chinese soil. Photo: Alexandre Loureiro/COB At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the hosts played Brazil in the group stage of the men’s football tournament and were soundly beaten by three goals to nil.