Economy
Short of Cash, Brazil Plans a Massive Privatization to Raise US$ 28 Billion
With Brazil’s budget deficit calculated at reaching almost US$ 50 billion, president Michel Temer ...
Brazilian Expats Longing for the Homeland Give Rise to 20,000 Businesses Abroad
Survey by Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs shows that there are near 20,000 micro ...
Brazilian President Going to G20 Summit After All. He Announced He Would Skip It
Brazilian President Michel Temer has reversed his decision to skip the upcoming summit of ...
China Cleans Air at Home While Exporting Pollution to Brazil and Elsewhere
While China moves forward with its national policy to reduce coal consumption and increase ...
Under Pressure to Curb Deforestation, Brazil Sends Mixed Message to the World
Last week saw a busy, but contradictory, stream of actions likely to impact Amazonian ...
Eating Less Beef Seems to Be the Only Way to End Amazonian Deforestation
Beef production has become a major driver of tropical deforestation, responsible for as much ...
Brazil Rushes to Save Its Image After Another Ban of Fresh Meat by the US
Brazil rushed to contest a ban on fresh beef imports on Friday after the ...
Brazil’s People and Environment Pay Dearly for the Country’s Energy-hungry Mining Projects
In the late 1970s, Raimunda Gomes da Silva and her husband, João Pereira da ...
Burger King Vows to Stop Amazon Deforestation by 2030. That’s Too Late, Say Critics
The owner of Burger King has pledged to eliminate deforestation from its supply chains ...
Brazil and Russia Are Teaming Up to Work on Nuclear Plants and Nuclear Medicine
Russia and Brazil will consider the possibilities of building new nuclear power plants in ...
