Brazil: Temer teeters as plea bargain revelations unleash chaos
São Paulo, May 22. Few Brazilians were familiar with the name of Joesley Batista, who with his brother, Wesley, owns Brazil’s biggest meat packing...
Mexico: Trump weakens fragile economy
If the immigration agenda of Donald Trump and his administration is not enough of a racist assault on the human rights of Mexicans, the...
Brazil: Fachin’s list: the Odebrecht earthquake
Sâo Paulo. April 19. The sheer scale and volume of the gigantic bribery operation that has been bankrolling the entire infrastructure of Brazilian politics...
Peru: another Odebrecht bribery scandal
On 4 January, a congressional commission with full investigative powers was created to deal with the accusations of illegal payments to government officials by...
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...
Dilma’s impeachment — a threat to Brazil’s fragile democracy
A group of international writers have just published in Portuguese a book repudiating the constitutional coup in Brazil. This is the UK contribution, written jointly by Sue Branford and Hilary Wainwright.
Brazil’s Scandals: Cunha on the rack
The net appears to be tightening in corruption investigations involving the former speaker of Brazil's Lower House and members of his family.
Brazil — recolonising a continent
So what are prospects for the left in the face of a concerted US-backed right-wing offensive? Left-wing activists in Brazil give us their views.
BNDES 6: The Bank speaks out
The giant Brazilian bank offers a rare in-depth interview