The First Six Months of Brazil’s President Temer
The Administration highlights decreasing inflation, environmental compliance and rising consumer/business confidence as accomplishments during these last six months.
November 14, 2016Topic
Environment
Brazil’s Most Sustainable Beaches Honored With Blue Flag
In Rio de Janeiro, Prainha beach, in Grumari, and Marina Costabella, in Angra dos Reis, join seven other beaches and...
October 13, 2016
Opinion: Rio’s Olympic Palm and Pole Legacy
Opinion, by Alfonso Stefanini RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The open ceremony for the Olympics was beautifully choreographed: athletes placing...
August 29, 2016
Brazil as World’s Most Dangerous Place for Environmentalists
A Global Witness report shows 185 environmentalists were killed in 2015, 50 of them in Brazil., making it the most...
June 21, 2016
Federal Judge Orders Freeze on BHP and Vale Assets in Brazil
For the judge Vale and BHP are as responsible as Samarco for dam accident that killed 13 and caused the...
December 21, 2015
Civil Lawsuit Filed Against Samarco, Vale and BHP in Brazil
Dam accident last month in Mariana, in the state of Minas Gerais, killed at least thirteen people and caused the...
December 11, 2015
Brazil’s President Rousseff Speaks At COP-21 in Paris
Brazil’s President put forth the country’s ambitious goals to alleviate climate changes.
November 30, 2015
Billion-Dollar Suit Filed by Brazil Against Samarco, BHP, Vale
Companies will have to recover all the degraded areas left behind from dam collapses.
November 30, 2015
Opinion: Brazil’s Sea of Mud, a Smidgen
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - This week, how not to write about the sea of mud?...
November 20, 2015