Economy
Presented as Salvation of the Rainforest, the Amazon Soy Moratorium Is More Greenwash and Propaganda
At the turn of the 21st century, a juggernaut of expanding soy production moved ...
The Worst Ever: Brazil’s GDP Drops 7.2% in the 2015-2016 Period
Brazil’s economic woes continue as the country’s worst-ever recession unexpectedly deepened at the end ...
By Planting Eucalyptus, Espírito Santo State in Brazil Is Creating an Immense Green Desert
The spread of desertification and increasing scarcity of water amid eucalyptus monocultures in the ...
Two Faces of an Amazon Family: Ruthless Speculator Father, Eco Dreamer Daughter
The father, Ariosto da Riva, was a notorious land speculator; his daughter, Vitória da ...
End of a Myth: Hydropower Doesn’t Mean Green Energy
From the Amazon Basin to boreal forests, and from the Mekong to the Himalayan ...
Brazil Is Losing Conservation Reserves. Mining Interests Seem to Be Behind the Move
New legislation in Brazil has been proposed to reduce or eliminate several Amazon conservation ...
Roads, Railways, Waterways, Dams: an Elaborate Plan to Kill the Amazon
The Amazon’s rivers once were sufficient for commerce, now international commodities traders want to ...
The Hands of the American Koch Brothers in Brazil’s Street Protests and Rousseff’s Ouster
Harsh austerity. A 20-year public spending freeze. A non-elected government. A coup backed by ...
A Brazilian Virus Called Odebrecht
Over the last 73 years, Odebrecht has become the leading construction company in Latin ...
China’s Appetite for Soy Is Turning Brazil’s Amazon into a Shantytown
Over the last 40 years, the north of the state of Mato Grosso has ...
