The BRICS bloc of states have resolved to establish an alternative credit rating agency to counter western dominance in the financial markets. Will it work?
A family of Programa Atitude beneficiaries in short-term housing provided by the programme.
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Rafael West, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) e Arturo Escobar, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)
Evidence increasingly shows the effectiveness of controversial efforts, like northeastern Brazil’s Attitude Programme, to feed and house at-risk drug users.
People power is helping bring an end to impunity in Brazil.
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By exposing, prosecuting and sentencing Brazil’s corrupt politicians, prosecutors, judges and citizens are draining the swamp that has overwhelmed the country for so long.
Being Brazilian in the US means navigating an identity that doesn’t neatly fit into a single check-box, and can be perceived in vastly different ways depending on what part of the country you’re in.
The Minha Casa Minha Vida programme has built millions of affordable units, but Brazil’s poorest still struggle to find adequate housing.
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Brazil should ask itself which is more important: having a roof over your head or owning the roof over your head?
UK Prime Minister Theresa May can’t rely on her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and others in the Commonwealth for unfettered trade support.
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South Africa is breathing a sigh of relief after escaping a credit rating downgrade. But there are still serious concerns around structure of the country’s economy and finances.
Brazil’s place within the BRICS bloc is becoming questionable. Since the new President Michel Temer took over, Brazil’s foreign policy has shifted away from BRICS ideals to favour western interests.
A baby girl with microcephaly, in Lagoa do Carro, Pernambuco, Brazil.
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Hannah Kuper, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
A moving dispatch from the frontline in the fight against Zika.
The director and stars of ‘Aquarius’ protest the proposed impeachment of Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff at Cannes in May 2016.
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By denying ‘Aquarius’ its chance at the Oscars, Brazil’s government summoned memories of dictatorship-era censorship and brought the film unprecedented attention.
We’re used to debating the region’s environment. But far-western Brazil has lots of urban problems too.
Brazil’s favelas are famous, but so are its ambitious efforts to bring roads, water, electricity, and land rights to its informal urban settlements.
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For decades, Brazil has worked to improve conditions in its poorest neighbourhoods: building roads, drainage, lighting, and safer housing. Will budget cuts end its ambitious slum-upgrading efforts?