Brazil: migrants are returning to the North-East
Reversing a long-standing pattern, migrants are coming back from São Paulo and Rio to smaller cities in Pernambuco and other north-eastern states.
Last thoughts on the Cup? Who can we blame?
Now the cup is over, Brazil's media are seeking to blame any shortfall in commercial profits on the social movements and demonstrators. What a cheek!
We was robbed (again)…
It could have been so different. Instead Brazil got corruption, repression, white elephant megastadiums... and FIFA
The 2014 World Cup: Prosperity for FIFA Means Pain for Brazil
Next week the FIFA World Cup tournament starts in Brazil and many Brazilians don't seem to be very happy about the world biggest football carnival coming to town.
Brazil: Why Is Blackwater helping to train the World Cup security...
An American private company accused of committing human rights violations in Iraq is helping Brazil with its security for the World Cup.
Brazil: Favela pacification at the heart of new violence
Why the much-praised UPP programme seems to be stumbling amid signs of a new spiral of violence.
Brazilian Favelas: ‘I Died In The Mare’
Mare Favela children speak in a crowd-funded documentary film about life in a Brazilian urban slum.
Venezuela: fear of a ‘Syria’ scenario
The 'colectivos' inspire fear and loathing in the Venezuelan opposition, but what are they?
Haiti: No sweat
The Caracol Industrial park, intended as the flagship post-earthquake development project, has been little short of a disaster.
The Never-Ending Eviction: Demolition, protest and police violence in a Rio...
Panic and despair in Favela do Metrô-Mangueira, next to the World Cup final stadium, as authorities order demolition of 12 homes.