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Resort
Rio de Janeiro
Known for spectacular beaches, carnival, samba and crime, Rio is definitely not dull. The year-round beach weather and friendly, gorgeous locals, the Cariocas, seduce foreigners (literally and figuratively) with all of…
Affairs / Emerging Markets
Rubber soled tiger
Perhaps unfairly lumped in with Russia, India and China, Brazil has natural assets – sunny disposition, carnival attitude – that are peculiarly unquantifiable. And as Monocle’s trip to the country discovered, the next 10…
Design / Property
Samba style
Set on a mountainside with views over the Atlantic and surrounded by trees and tranquillity, this Rio residence reflects the cosmopolitan lifestyle of its Parisian and Swedish occupants.
Affairs / Politics
Americas Briefing
The Brazilian elections and life after Lula
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Wednesday 21 March
Why I love Dilma
Like many other Brazilians I thought it wouldn’t be an easy task to follow in the steps of one of the most popular presidents Brazil ever had.
Design / Property
Shore thing
If you drive an hour and a half north of São Paulo and turn off the coast road at Guarujá, you will find the beachfront retreat designed by SP-based architect Isay Weinfeld for an Arab family, who wanted a modernist haven…
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Thursday 28 June
Latin America’s bright future
I just got back from a two-week trip to Brazil and I was impressed with what’s happening there. We all know Brazil has been the motivating force in Latin America for a while.
Business / Luxury
Monocolumn
Thursday 19 July
The sun’s shining on brand Brazil
The BRICs are often spoken of in one breath, as if they’re exactly that – a solid terracotta brick, a single homogenous building block.
Affairs / Society
Latin Liebe
The streets are immaculate, the inhabitants are blonde and the local beer is exceptional. Welcome to Brazil’s ‘little Germany’.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Monday 13 February
Immigrants join the party in Brazil
It seems that not only Brazilians are enjoying the boom the country is having in recent years, but foreigners too.
Affairs / Emerging Markets
Superpower player
Brazil may be the land of soccer and samba, but its status as a superpower is also fast moving beyond the realms of hypothesis into concrete reality. So will global politics soon be moving to a Latin rhythm?
Culture / Television
Monocolumn
Friday 24 May
All in a lather
Soap operas – or 'telenovelas' – are enormously popular in Brazil, to the point that they have an effect on tourism, fashion and the president's speaking engagements.
Affairs / Emerging Markets
Ministry of sun
A fast-expanding embassy network and a clever use of its culture mean Brazil is making friends all around the world. Is this just an attempt to secure a seat on the UN Security Council or an emerging nation trying to…
Culture / Publishing
Monocolumn
Monday 28 January
The word on the street
Brazil is in the middle of a magazine and newspaper boom. Here are a few catching the eye on São Paulo newsstands.
Affairs / Urbanism
Wealth and safety
In 1974 residents started moving to AlphaVille, São Paulo’s first gated community. Today there are 300 around the city. While residents may have escaped from becoming entries in the city’s kidnap and murder statistics, they…
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Saturday 22 January
Brazilian landslides leave Rousseff on shaky ground
The landslides and floods that tore through the mountains surrounding Rio de Janeiro on 12 January have so far claimed at least 762 lives.
Design / Architecture
Hidden gem
When architect Angelo Bucci was asked to design a holiday home that wouldn’t disrupt the forest or beach in Ubatuba, he came up with a house that is a masterpiece of engineering.
Business / Management
It's a mall world
Shopping malls in São Paulo are a cut above, with champagne bars, inhouse tailors and attentive service. Being a shop assistant can be a lucrative career and all this is because of Brazil’s new wealth. Monocle investigates…