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A Uber driver in Brazil

Brazil Congress Moves to Derail Uber and Company

Brazil’s lower house of Congress voted Tuesday to give cities greater power to regulate ...

Getting vaccinated against yellow fever

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 ...

São Martinho plant, which produces sugar and ethanol in Pradópolis, São Paulo state - Wikipedia

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 ...

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 ...

Lula talks to the crowd at Avenida Paulista - Ricardo Stuckert/Instituto Lula

Despite Street Protests Brazil President Goes Ahead with Pension Reform

  Brazil’s president Michel Temer and senior lawmakers are still unwavering in their support ...

Residents of Nova Palestina favela in São Paulo - Marcelo Camargo/ABr

When Housing Rights for Brazil’s Poor Clash with Drinkable Water for 5 Million

  On the fringes of São Paulo, hundreds of makeshift dwellings fashioned from discarded ...

Protest in Rio against government's reforms - Fernando Frazão/ABr

Brazilians Pour onto Streets Demanding a Halt to Reforms and the President’s Ousting

Brazilians took to the streets in a nationwide protest on Wednesday against President Michel ...

A child being born through a C-section

World Champion in C-section, Brazil Celebrates that Normal Birth Is Up 1%

  Since 2009, Brazil became the first country in the world where more babies ...

The Alvorada Palace and its garden - Ichiro Guerra/PR

Priest Couldn’t Get Rid of Evil Spirit. So Brazil’s President Moved Out of His Palace

In an interview to weekly news magazine Veja, Brazilian President, Michel Temer, confided what ...