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For Decades, Brazil Favelas’ Military Invasions Have Been Proven Useless. And Still They Continue
On March 25 2017, two professors from Rio de Janeiro’s Federal University accompanied a ...
128 Years After the End of the Empire, Brazilians Still Pay a Tax to the Emperor’s Heirs
With its colonial mansions, landscaped gardens and ornate fountains, the town of Petrópolis, a ...
On Brazilian Indian Matters the Fox Now Is Running the Henhouse
The Tapajós River Basin lies at the heart of the Amazon, and at the ...
The Strange Story of the Disappearance of a Brazilian Obsessed with Aliens
The unexplained disappearance of a Brazilian youngster has sparked a rush of conspiracy theories ...
Brazil Congress Moves to Derail Uber and Company
Brazil’s lower house of Congress voted Tuesday to give cities greater power to regulate ...
WHO Comes to the Rescue of Brazil with 3.5 Million Doses of Yellow Fever Vaccine
In response to the yellow fever outbreak currently on-going in Brazil some 3.5 million ...
Heroes or Thugs? They Invade Brazil’s Abandoned Buildings to Get Affordable Housing
Behind a heavy metal gate and walls painted with murals of revolutionary icon ...
Grading Coke and Pepsi on Their Efforts to Curb Land Grab in Brazil’s Sugar Industry
Coca-Cola and PepsiCo’s efforts to stop illegal land seizures by sugar suppliers in Brazil ...
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 ...
Despite Street Protests Brazil President Goes Ahead with Pension Reform
Brazil’s president Michel Temer and senior lawmakers are still unwavering in their support ...