Brazil: the Carbon Credit Bonanza
Brazil: the Carbon Credit Bonanza. Celestial Green Ventures, a carbon trading company based in Ireland, has been quietly signing contracts with a series of indigenous groups in the Amazon.
São Paulo: the world’s biggest helicopter fleet
In South America's largest city, time means money. So it's perhaps no surprise that helipads are popping up like mushrooms.
Brazil — Waimiri-Atroari indigenous massacre
Thanks to Brazil's Truth Commission, hard evidence is finally emerging of one of the worst atrocities of the last 40 years
Oriximiná: Quilombolas vs the mines 3 — David vs Goliath
This is the third in a series of four blog-posts, written for Christian Aid and LAB by distinguished journalists João Peres and Moriti Neto
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Brazil: Pixacao Sao Paulo’s Urban Calligraphy
Brutal repression and commercial bids to co-opt them have failed. The pixadores --the city's graphic rap-artists- fight to maintain their transgressive art of tagging walls and buildings.
The new face of Latin American farming
Vast tracts of land are being taken over by powerful investors, many of them from Latin America. Such is the pace, says development expert, Cristobal Kay, that the continent is being transformed before our eyes.
Tapajós under attack 4: Day of Terror in Tapajós river basin
The Tapajós River Basin lies at the heart of the Amazon, and at the heart of an exploding controversy: whether to build 40+ large...
The two faces of Norway’s rainforest policies
Norway gives billions to Brazil to save the rainforest. At the same time, Norsk Hydro’s operations lead to large emissions of greenhouse gases...
Mega-events and prostitution
The main danger of violence to sex-workers during major sporting events is from the police, not the punters.
BRAZIL’S BLIND SPOT: RACISM AND RACIAL INEQUALITY
Despite its multicultural image, Brazil fails to address racial inequality. Today, racial democracy is a dangerous illusion.