Economy
Strikes and Protests in Brazil Are a Reaction to the Country’s Government Paralysis
The February 22nd protest in Belo Horizonte, the resulting police action, as well as ...
How Brazil Is Privatizing Public Forests and Opening the Door for More Deforestation
Imagine that several state legislators decide that Yellowstone National Park is too big. Also ...
Thousands Work as Slaves in Brazil’s Charcoal Industry
For more than a year, Antonio slept with a wasp nest humming above his ...
Brazil Loses 16% of Its Water. Blame it on the Amazon Deforestation
Recurring drought, regular power outages and a devastated farming industry – these are the ...
It’s About Time Brazil President Abandon His Rhetoric and Join the International Community
Maintaining power since January of 2019, the Bolsonaro administration has designed foreign policy objectives ...
RISKS TO THE RABBLE: The Struggle to Keep Democracy Real in Brazil
Over the past two months, opposition parties and civil society movements in Brazil have ...
Climate Events in Brazil Have Started a Non-Ending Rise of World Coffee Prices
International Coffee Day feels very different this year. Introduced by the International Coffee Organization ...
Builders of Railroad in Brazil Call It Progress. The Price Is Too High Say Locals
It happened eight years ago: Elicarlos Ferreira da Silva and his family were returning ...
A SPECTRAL BELT AND ROAD BEYOND THE BACKYARD AND BRICS: A light for Brazilians glimmers from Asia
As the pullout from Afghanistan unfolds into new geopolitical prospects for its powerful neighbors, ...
Getting Rid of President Bolsonaro Won’t Solve the Deforestation Problem in the Amazon
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon made global headlines in 2019, thanks to massive wildfires ...
