"The success of #IAmStillHere has also been a great source of national pride. After that film’s star, #FernandaTorres, won a 2025 Golden Globe for Best Female Actor, she said, of the other nominees, “Everybody deserves it, everybody! So I don’t know why they chose this #streetdog that speaks Portuguese, but I’m so glad.” The rhetoric was familiar, but in this case “street dog” was not being deployed in a self-deprecating way following a defeat; rather, it was a statement of modesty made by a Brazilian who had just claimed victory on an American stage. The confidence of the country is brimming such that the typical Brazilian stray dog itself, called the #viralatacaramelo, or the caramel-colored mutt, has surged in popularity, as the embodiment of Brazilians’ friendly, resilient, and multicultural nature. It has inspired adoption and marketing campaigns, appearances at Carnaval, and even legislative proposals that the caramelo become a national icon."
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/will-trump-push-brazils-underdog-era-to-an-end