Brazil – new concerns over GM mosquito
Alarm at new dengue emergency where GM mosquito trials conducted.
Militias advance on Rio environmental reserve
By Mariana Simões, Agência Pública
Agência Pública is a LAB partner, and provided this article for publication in English by LAB. Translated by Julia...
Brazil: São Paulo’s water crisis on film
Documentary project Volume Vivo is releasing a series of films to chart the progress and causes of the acute water crisis in Brazil's most populous state.
Brazil: who’s afraid of Lava Jato?
Main image: police family members protest in Vitória. Their placard reads: We've had no wage increase since 2013 - 40% inflation. The coffin is...
Brazil — A Bridge to the Future?
The programme introduced by acting President Michel Temer consists of extreme neo-liberal measures that the government believes can be imposed by force. But will it work?
Rio’s Not-So-Green Olympics
Brazil promised "Green Games for a Blue Planet". But did it deliver?
Brazil: transport is not a commodity
Passe Livre has held 7 mass demonstrations in São Paulo aiming to force the government to rescind fare rises.
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.
Ayotzinapa is not a Mexican problem
An open letter from Panamanian singer Rubén Blades calls for an international crusade to end corruption and abuse.
Brazil — military police on the warpath in Belém
A least nine people were killed when armed men, believed to be members of the military police, invaded a poor area of Belém. The incident, largely ignored by the mainstream press, was reported by social media.