Brazil's crime syndicates are now terrorist organizations

About this episode

The episode discusses the designation of Brazilian crime syndicates as terrorist organizations and its implications.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio designated the Comando Vermelho (Red Command, or CV) and the Primeiro Comando da Capital (First Command of the Capital, or PCC) as foreign terrorist organizations. The Brazilian Report's editor-in-chief, Gustavo Ribeiro, and the Brazil Office Alliance's president of the board, James Green, discuss the implications for Brazil. Send us your feedback Support the show

People in this episode

Hosts: Gustavo Ribeiro, The Brazilian Report

Guest: James Green

Topics covered

• crime syndicates
• terrorism
• Brazil
• US foreign policy
• implications for Brazil

Keywords

• Brazil
• crime syndicates
• terrorism
• Comando Vermelho
• Primeiro Comando da Capital
• US foreign policy
• Gustavo Ribeiro
• James Green

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Comando Vermelho, Primeiro Comando da Capital

More episodes of Explaining Brazil

• Lula meets Trump in Washington · May 8, 2026 · 52 min
• Troubled ahead for Brazil-US relations? · April 23, 2026 · 48 min
• Time to investigate Brazil's Supreme Court justices? (preview) · March 19, 2026 · 8 min
• Brazil's water leverage. And its fault lines (preview) · March 5, 2026 · 13 min
• An indigenous victory against Cargill on the Tapajós River (preview) · February 27, 2026 · 10 min
• Brazilian stocks’ record run (preview) · February 13, 2026 · 7 min