Amazon fires at record level — again
Fires in the Amazon rage at record levels, while Michel Temer government prepares to sign Paris agreement on climate change next week.
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...
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...
Bogotá’s recyclers fight for inclusion
As the city rises up the development index, Bogotá’s waste services are undergoing structural transformation. Rachel Simon learns how Colombia’s waste-picking recicladores are fighting...
Temer takes Brazil back to the past
Taking the 'country of the future' back to the past
Sao Paulo, 20th October. It seems that Michel Temer will stop at nothing to buy...
Brazil: Sojourn in Santarém
Jan Rocha takes a break from her usual razor-sharp analyses of Brazil's political landscape. Yet, even in Santarém, Pará, where the Tapajos river joins...
Belo Horizonte gets a Land Reform Farmers Market
Authorities, representatives of social and cultural movements, and an appreciative audience gathered in Belo Horizonte for the opening of the Farmers' Market Shop, another...
Rio’s rulers behind bars as the 2018 race begins
1 December 2017. Just over a year ago, Rio was on a roll, basking in post-Olympic glory, applauded all over the world for a...
Rio de Janeiro: This land is our land
What do you do if you’re living on public land, in a house that your great-grandparents built in an era before strict housing regulations,...
Violence in Rio escalates with murder of city councillor
Little did she know that she would be the next victim when Marielle Franco, a left-wing city councillor, penned her last twitter post, denouncing...