New data obtained by The New York Times suggests Maduro lost decisively in Venezuela. From Anatoly Kurmanaev. nytimes.com/2024/07/31/wor…

Some final notes from the "voice of God": Jack Nicas profiles Milton Nascimento. nytimes.com/2024/08/01/art…

Venezuela’s Strongman Was Confident of Victory. Then Came the Shock. Por Anatoly Kurmanaev nytimes.com/2024/08/06/wor…

“Operation Knock Knock” — Venezuela’s security forces are going door to door arresting opposition figures and election monitors, checking phones for signs of dissent, BBC reports. More than 1000 arrests in just past week. Unprecedented even for them bbc.com/mundo/articles…

🚨 NPR lança Tiny Desk de Milton Nascimento & esperanza spalding.

Aborted takeoffs, sweltering heat, emergency exits and shackled deportees on a wing. Inside the chaotic deportation flight to Brazil: w/ Juliana Faddul nyti.ms/4ggT0ZS

This is wrong. There were about 60,000 people protesting in support of Bolsonaro yesterday, or 6% of what the ex-president's son claimed. That number comes from an analysis of high-resolution drone images. A university estimated even fewer: 45,000. poder360.com.br/poder-brasil/b…

This is a very impressive package of reporting from InfoAmazonia on the new race for oil in the Amazon rainforest: infoamazonia.org/en/project/eve…

This mine in Brazil backed by American investors produces some of the world's hardest-to-find rare earths. It could be the West's best hedge against China's rare-earth dominance. There's one problem: The mine already sells all its rare earths to China. nyti.ms/3Y25EWg

This is an extremely damning WSJ investigation that shows how Zuckerberg’s rush to compete on AI has led to chatbots that will steer children to virtual sex or role play pedophiles’ fantasies. Meta, in response, blames the reporter for investigating it. wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-a…

Some news: I'm leaving the Wall Street Journal today, after a decade covering Facebook, then tech + politics, and now AI. I’ve reported from so many corners of Silicon Valley but mostly its white-hot center. It’s been a huge privilege. 🧵

The front page of today's Chicago Tribune. Read the e-edition here: chicagotribune.com/enewspaper

We’re thrilled to announce that Jack Nicas, the International desk’s intrepid Brazil bureau chief for over three years, will be taking on a new role as Mexico City bureau chief. nytco.com/press/jack-nic…

Congratulations to Tom Phillips, Ana Ionova and the rest of the Guardian team on this important new podcast about the murder of a British journalist and Brazilian environmentalist in the Amazon rainforest.

O #Estúdioi desta quarta-feira (30) recebeu o correspondente do “New York Times” no Brasil. A Jack Nicas, Eduardo Bolsonaro respondeu que já esperava a sanção a Moraes com a lei Magnitsky. Além disso, o jornalista avalia que o momento em que Moraes começou a restringir o uso de

“É mais grave: hoje, (Donald) Trump se nomeou corregedor-universal da Justiça, porque não é sobre Alexandre de Moraes ou a Suprema Corte brasileira. (...) São reclamações no Brasil, na França e na Colômbia contra juízes estão analisando processos contra aliados do Trump ou pelo

Indagado por Joel Pinheiro 🇧🇷 sobre decisões da Justiça brasileira que restringem o uso de redes sociais de usuários, correspondente do “New York Times” no Brasil disse que ficou “um pouco chocado” que isso estivesse acontecendo no país. “O que Alexandre de Moraes tem feito aqui,

"Eu fiz essa pergunta exata para ele (Lula): por que não liga para o Trump? E ele falou que diplomacia não funciona assim. O presidente não liga diretamente para outro, mas disse que os assessores estão tentando, e que a Casa Branca deixou claro que não quer conversar agora.

Thank you, João Pedro de Oliveira MERCES! You are one of my favorite Brazilian artists! 🥹

Today's killing of four journalists in #Gaza includes Anas Al-Sharif one of Al Jazeera’s best-known reporters and one of several whom Israel had previously alleged were members of Hamas without providing evidence. Most recently, Al-Sharif had reported on the starvation that he