Thursday, March 28, 2024

Banking, Finance & micro-credit

BNDES 1: The Bank, Corruption and the Amazon Dams

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Brazil's BNDES, the world's largest development bank, appears to be out of control and damaging Brazil's people and biodiversity

BNDES 2: The Bank for Business Credit

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Bolsa Familia has helped Brazil's poor. Dubbed 'Bolsa Empresário', BNDES has helped big business and the rich.

BNDES 3: The Bank for the Four Sisters

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The rise of the Brazil's giant construction companies is intimately linked to power, corruption and bank loans

BNDES 4: The Bank and Belo Monte

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Without the bank, BNDES would not have been built. But this massive act of environmental hubris is fraught with problems.

BNDES 5: The Bank for for continental dam construction

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Working through IIRSA, the Bank is funding dam construction throughout South America.

BNDES 6: The Bank speaks out

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The giant Brazilian bank offers a rare in-depth interview

Brazil — recolonising a continent

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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.

Brazil’s Scandals: Cunha on the rack

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The net appears to be tightening in corruption investigations involving the former speaker of Brazil's Lower House and members of his family.

Dilma’s impeachment — a threat to Brazil’s fragile democracy

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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.

Rio: from kudos to chaos

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In less than three months Rio has passed from the splendour and success of the Olympic and Paralympic Games to a state of public...

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