BNDES 1: The Bank, Corruption and the Amazon Dams
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
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
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
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
Working through IIRSA, the Bank is funding dam construction throughout South America.
BNDES 6: The Bank speaks out
The giant Brazilian bank offers a rare in-depth interview
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.
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.
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.
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...