Brazil: the angora cat, the saint and the end of the...
São Paulo 11 Dec 2016. Another turbulent week in Brazilian politics. As Brazil lurches from crisis to crisis, it seems more like a country...
Brazil: heroes and rats
As rain-soaked soldiers carried coffin after coffin into the football stadium in the small city of Chapecó, in a procession which seemed as though...
Rio: from kudos to chaos
In less than three months Rio has passed from the splendour and success of the Olympic and Paralympic Games to a state of public...
Brazil: the Cardinal who stood up to the military
A moving tribute to Dom Paulo Evaristo Arns on his 95th birthday
Brazil: Cunha, the man who knows too much
The arrest of the former speaker of Congress has sent shock-waves through Brasilia.
Brazil — election post-mortem
The PT (Workers' Party) fared very badly in the recent municipal elections and is unlikely to recover before 2018. The political system is entering a new era, but no one knows where it will lead.
Brazil: the new ‘government’ already in crisis
Anti-Temer protests are spreading like wildfire as the new government is forced to make U turn after U turn
Brazil — Forward into the Past
Interim President Michel Temer has chosen a white, male cabinet which ignores all the social advances of the last 14 years
Brazil: Dilma will be replaced by the corrupt, the inexperienced and...
The senate votes to proceed with Impeachment and suspend Dilma. Some of Temer's cabinet choices have provoked indignation, even horror.
Brazil prepares to roll back green laws
Dilma's government has done all too little to protect the environment and indigenous areas. Temer's could be much worse.