Tag: Brazil

Affirmative action for college students in Brazil led to better employment prospects for those who benefited from the policy. Cesar Okada via Getty Images

What Brazil Can Teach the US About Affirmative Action at Universities

When Brazil implemented affirmative action at its federal universities in 2012, the policy prompted ...

American biologist Philip Martin Fearnside

The Future of the World Is at Stake in Belém, Brazil

Amazon and climate scientists agree: The largest rainforest area in the world is on ...

Indigenous people show a deforested area inside the Amazon rainforest REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

Brazil’s Anti-green Ultra-conservative Legislature Is a Threat to the Amazon

Brazil’s stewardship of the world’s largest tropical forest has long ignited acrimony. If frontier ...

Brazilian former president Jair Messias Bolsonaro

Brazil’s Far-Right Bolsonaro Barred from Office Until 2030

Brazil’s top electoral court, the TSE, on Friday reached a majority on a motion ...

Image recorded at Avenida Brigadeiro Faria Lima, in São Paulo, on June 17, 2013. By Camila Picolo

AND THEN THERE WAS JUNE 2013

The Tenth anniversary of an Insurrection whose Color was Black Mas eles só querem ...

Priest carries the holy host during a Corpus Christi procession in the state of Paraná

A New Book Reveals How Serious Is Sexual Abuse by Catholic Priests in Brazil

Demonstrations in Bolivia in recent weeks have been directed at a seemingly unusual target: ...

Lines outside US consulates in Brazil are always long

It Never Took So Long: Brazilians Wait Up to 20 months to Get US Visa

Brazil currently ranks seventh among the nations with the longest waiting time to get ...