President Michel Temer checking his cell phone - Beto Barata/PR

Brazil Prosecutor Wants President Temer Impeached for Illegal Campaign with Rousseff

Brazilian President Michel Temer since taking office, in May 2016, has faced one crisis ...

Ana Luiza Junqueira Vilela Viacava jailed for land grabbing in the Amazon - Federal Police/Publicity

Vilela: A Brazilian Family Synonymous with Terror in the Amazon

Every month, a group of wealthy women representing some of Brazil’s most exclusive and ...

Man cleaning building's window

Brazil’s Outsourcing Bill Divides Employers and Workers

The lower house of the Brazilian Congress passed a bill to allow companies to ...

A prison in Brazil - Wilson Dias/ABr

Gang Country: In This Brazilian Prison Guards Do Not Enter

Brazil’s representatives had to explain at a hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human ...

Waldomiro Costa Pereira was killed while recovering in hospital - MST

Brazilian Land Rights Activist Shot Dead in Hospital While Recovering from Assassination Attempt

Waldomiro Costa Pereira, an activist with the Landless Workers Movement, MST, was killed when ...

Protesters in front of the Petrobras building - Tânia Rêgo

In Three Years, Car Wash Recovered US$ 3 Billion and Changed Brazil’s Impunity Image

This past Friday (March 17) marked the third anniversary of Brazil’s biggest-ever corruption and ...

Cattle being killed in Brazil

Something Rotten in the State of Brazil: The Meat they Eat

  Meat producing giants JSB SA and BRF SA are among dozens of meatpackers ...

A meeting of Brazil's House of Representatives - EBC

The Way Brazil Congress Found to Deal with Their Crimes: Amnesty for All

  The recent list with almost 100 names sent by Brazil’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office ...