Land Grabbing and Amazon Privatizations Could Cost Brazil US$32B
Land grabbing and privatizations in Brazil's Amazon could cost US$32 billion. The environmental and fiscal risks of deforestation. Expert coverage...
June 25, 2019
São Paulo’s Pride Parade Celebrates Stonewall and Supreme Court
With the theme ‘50 Years of Stonewall’, more than three million people packed São Paulo’s Avenida Paulista to celebrate diversity...
June 24, 2019
Brazil’s Startups Catch the Eye of Investors Like SoftBank
In the beginning of 2018, Brazil announced its very first ‘unicorn’ company, transportation-based app 99. By the end of the...
June 22, 2019
Brazilian Women’s Football Team Is “Playing Like a Girl,” Winning
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – As Brazil’s national women’s football (soccer) team advances to the...
June 20, 2019
Brazil Announces Incentives and New Investments in Ethanol Fuel
A new regulation signed this week by the Ministry of Mines and Energy, is expected to help Brazil’s ethanol sector...
June 19, 2019
First National Strike in Bolsonaro’s Government Seen as Timid
President Jair Bolsonaro’s Administration faced its first national strike on Friday, with Brazil’s main workers’s union calling for the population...
June 15, 2019
Group’s Firing Is Death Blow to Human Rights in Brazil
The decision earlier this week by Brazil’s President, Jair Bolsonaro, of exonerating the entire team of the National Mechanism to...
June 13, 2019
Bolsonaro Supporter Criticizes President’s Proposed Traffic Bill
A bill introduced by Brazil’s President, Jair Bolsonaro last week, to ease the punishment for drivers who disobey traffic rules,...
June 10, 2019
Finding Ways in São Paulo to Transform Organic Waste Into Revenue
During environment week experts discuss deforestation, pollution and waste residues. In São Paulo, South America’s largest city, discussions around what...
June 7, 2019