The administration of Dilma Rousseff is caught in a rapidly accelerating cycle of discontent.
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Lula led an unprecedented shift in the country’s foreign policy towards the global South. He also helped elevate Brazil to the status of a global player. But, six years on, disillusionment reigns.
Debt is the reason jitters for emerging markets are now worse than during the Asian financial crisis.
A massive corruption scandal is engulfing Brazil’s political establishment – but reports of the country’s imminent collapse are greatly exaggerated.
Do the countries affected by Zika have the capacity to deal with a baby boom if pregnancies are delayed?
There are benefits to hosting the Olympics - but when it comes to culture, there’s no mega-event like Carnival.
With limited laboratory capacity and a lack of experts and funding, an outbreak of the Zika virus in Africa could be problematic.
Despite high rates of infection, the Zika outbreak would not have been particularly alarming had it not been for the sudden and – apparently associated – increase in the numbers of infants born with microcephaly.
Brazil faces an uphill struggle with Zika – here’s what’s happening on the ground already.
Zika is quite different to Ebola – and experts would do well to wait before making recommendations this time.
Some have criticised the idea of birth control to counter small heads in babies thought to be linked to Zika virus but it’s an opportunity.
Zika was discovered almost 70 years ago, but wasn’t associated with outbreaks until 2007. So how did this formerly obscure virus wind up causing so much trouble in Brazil?
From drought to economic slowdown, 2016 promises a mixed bag for the world’s forests.
Residents of Rio’s favelas are facing forced evictions – but they’re not moving out without a fight.
Could this relatively unknown virus become a household name in the Americas in the year to come?
Latin America suddenly seems to be lurching to the right – but was it ever that far left in the first place?
Mega sports event promoters use the term ‘legacy’ extensively to justify the amount of – mostly public – money involved in the bid and execution of such events.
Thalidomide is notorious for causing death and disability but it – and its derivatives – are proving useful for conditions such as leprosy.
The country must protect its huge forests from fires and logging.
Latin America’s most important state could never succumb to another military coup. Could it?
Indonesia’s haze made global headlines but an intense dry season has also sparked major fires in Brazil.
The Open Government Partnership promotes transparency, public accountability and civic participation in government to combat corruption. It is hoped South Africa will help it grow in Africa.
Members of a church expect to find mutual support from one another - emotionally and spiritually. This is not the case at the South African branch of The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God.
A growing field of policy analysis now focuses on reducing armed violence. Remarkable consensus has emerged at high policy levels around the basic elements of an approach to reduce violence.
The GM debate in the developing world encompasses countries with very different priorities. Through the shrill battle of interests, the real agents for change tend to be overlooked.