Economy
Brazil to Claim Moral Leadership on Global Climate Protection when Lula and Xi Jinping Meet
Chinese leader Xi Jinping was to host Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, ...
Lula Promised to Slash Taxes and Increase Benefits for the Poor. But Times Are Tough and People Impatient
Even when they’re in trouble, Brazilians rarely lose their sense of humor. But in ...
Talks of a Latin American Single Currency Are in the Air Again
Real, bolivar, peso: Latin America’s means of payment are as diverse as its cultures. ...
Nobody Can Compete with the Chinese in Brazil and Latin America. EU Trying to Catch Up
The Brazilian community of Joinville should have presented German businesses with something of a ...
The Hard Life of Small Business Owners in Brazil Amid Double-Digit Inflation
Leaving the supermarket with enough to feed her family has become an increasingly tough ...
CINELANDIA SHINES FOR LULA: On Creating a Landscape for Reclamation and Reparation
A swell washed over one of Rio de Janeiro’s main squares, and morphed into ...
Strikes and Protests in Brazil Are a Reaction to the Country’s Government Paralysis
The February 22nd protest in Belo Horizonte, the resulting police action, as well as ...
How Brazil Is Privatizing Public Forests and Opening the Door for More Deforestation
Imagine that several state legislators decide that Yellowstone National Park is too big. Also ...
Thousands Work as Slaves in Brazil’s Charcoal Industry
For more than a year, Antonio slept with a wasp nest humming above his ...
Brazil Loses 16% of Its Water. Blame it on the Amazon Deforestation
Recurring drought, regular power outages and a devastated farming industry – these are the ...
