Brazil: SOS Forests — the Forest Code is in Danger
Brazilian socio-environmental organisations have launched a campaign to stop the country's forestry code from being drastically rewritten to favour agro-business.
Brazil after Lula: left vs left
Brazil's general elections in October have turned into a contest between two left-of-centre parties. Arthur Ituassu reports from Rio.
Brazilian rapper Mano Brown speaks out
The Brazilian hip-hop singer visits building occupied by sem-teto in the centre of São Paulo. Listen to him talking and rapping.
The Amazon: the Sound of the Jaguar’s Roar
The story of Miranha and Juri, two indigenous children kidnapped from their people by German scientists 200 years ago, told in novel form by award-winning Brazilian author Micheliny Berunschk
The voices that Dilma ignores
Eliane Brum, the influential Brazilian journalist, says that Brazil's president is not listening to women in the Amazon.
Land grab in Latin America
Meeting in Buenos Aires, social movements criticise a recent report on land-grabbing by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
Brazil: Protesting workers stop work on Amazon dam
On 17 March construction workers at the Jirau dam in the Amazon state of Rondonia set fire to buses and damaged housing. The riot, believed to have been caused by poor working conditions, has brought construction work to a halt.
Brazil: the curse of Rondônia?
The first of many huge hydropower projects being built in Brazil's Amazon is having teething problems. It is the latest in a series of difficulties faced across the years by outside investors, says Mario Osava.
Brazil: the last few days
As Brazilians prepare to vote in the elections on 3 October, things are hotting up. The latest opinion polls suggest that support for Dilma Rousseff, the PT candidate, is dropping. Jan Rocha reports in an article especially written for LAB.