Study Links Lack of Basic Sanitation Systems to Epidemics in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Only 38.2 percent of Brazilian municipalities have basic sanitation...
September 20, 2018Topic
sanitation
Brazil Invested R$250 Billion in PAC Projects in 2015
Last year's volume is the equivalent to 24.2 percent of the total to be invested by 2018, of R$1.04 trillion.
March 1, 2016
Ten Million with No Sewage System in Brazil’s Northeast
Study shows that 71 percent of all residents in region have no access to sewage systems and throw residues in...
January 13, 2016
Brazil to Invest in Infrastructure: Daily
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has announced to invest R$13.5 billion into infrastructure 310 different projects, from sewage systems to paving...
October 25, 2013
Rocinha Residents to Sue State Over PAC
Resident organizations in two of the city’s largest favelas have formulated plans to sue the state government over the failed...
October 8, 2013
White Elephants and Soccer Balls
Futebol, aka "soccer", is the most popular sport in Brazil for good reasons: people love it and it is part...
May 21, 2013
PAC Sanitation Projects Fall Behind
Five years after the launch of Program for Accelerated Growth (PAC), a new study shows that sanitation projects financed by...
April 3, 2012
PAC: Growth Program Boosts in 2010
By Karen Shishiptorova, Contributing Reporter [caption id="attachment_7894" align="alignleft" width="205" caption="Chief of Staff Ms. Dilma Rousseff after presenting the PAC press...
August 4, 2009