Brazil: Black Consciousness Day
On 20 November over 1,000 towns will be having a public holiday to celebrate the dia da consciência negra
Amazon deforestation soars
Latest figures show that forest felling in the Brazilian Amazon has increased by almost a third. Jan Rocha reports.
Brazilian activists accuse the authorities of double standards
While public transport activists condemn the violence used against the São Paulo military police colonel in a demonstration, they are also critical of the authorities’ failure to repudiate the violence used by the police against many demonstrators.
Brazil: Victory on the Tapajos –Photo Essay
Villagers on the Tapajos river have won a partial victory in their pursuit of land security.
Brazil: Surprise victory for peasants on the Tapajós
Against all the odds, peasant families have won rights to their land, despite Brazilian government plans for a large hydroelectric dam on their river.
The Amazon: Parts of the forest are drying out
Part of the Amazon rainforest may be dying faster than previously thought.
Tapajos: Public consultation? –More of a PR exercise
Government-sponsored 'public consultation' on hydro-electric dam projects falls woefully short.
Dominican high court threat to Dominicans of Haitian descent
A troubling court ruling threatens to deprive of their citizenship Dominican nationals who are the offspring of Haitian migrants.
Rio Trombetas: The Last Quilombo
Indigenous villagers protesting against hydro-electric projects face escalating intimidation.
In Defence of Mais Medicos
The arrival of Cuban doctors arouses strong opposition among some Brazilians.