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Brazilian Committee’s Approval of GM Corn Draws Criticism

Brazil's biosafety committee has approved two sets of guidelines governing the use of genetically ...

Former Chief of Staff and Ex Ministers Go to Trial in Brazil for Corruption

Brazil's Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a corruption case against former Cabinet ...

Only Huge Mass Mobilizations Will Bring Change, Says Brazil’s Landless Leader

The main leader of Brazil’s Movement of Landless Rural Workers (MST), João Pedro Stédile, ...

Brazil Firm Buys Chilean Abattoir Certified to Export to US, EU and China

Marfrig, a leading Brazilian meat industry group, acquired an abattoir in Tierra del Fuego ...

US Lifting of Tariff on Brazil Ethanol Might Spell Trouble for Amazon and Sugarcane Cutters

The possible elimination of a 54 cents-per-gallon tariff on imports of Brazilian ethanol has ...

Brazilian President Vows Not to Seek a Third Term

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says he will not seek a third ...

Immigration Sting in the US Nabs Dozens of Illegal Brazilians

For more than a year a US immigration agent posed as a corrupt official ...

Brazilian Bishops Urge Lula to Reconsider River Transposition

The vice president of Brazil, José Alencar, and the National Conference of Bishops of ...

Brazilian Indians Want Multinationals to Return Their Land

At the heart of the Pascoal Mount area, 200 Pataxó from 11 villages located ...

Why Is Education Failing in Brazil? For Lack of Trying.

Last week the Chamber of Deputies conducted an opportune debate around one question: “Why ...