The outbreak of mosquito-borne Zika virus in South America has cast a shadow over preparations for the Olympic and Paralympic Games to be held in Rio de Janerio.
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With an ongoing impeachment process and a deep economic recession, the host nation is on thin ice ahead of one of the world’s largest sporting mega-events.
Saving the world’s forests and oceans means putting an end to slavery run by criminal gangs.
The number of new Zika-related microcephaly cases in Brazil is falling. But it’s too early to relax.
Whatever you call it, the new leader, Michel Temer, has an opportunity to return Brazil to policies that promote growth through fiscally sound social inclusion. Can he do it?
There are days when you just want to think about buttercups and Jamie Vardy.
As an unpopular vice-president takes the helm, Brazilian politics is mired in distrust, division and corruption.
Rousseff is about to go on trial for allegedly borrowing $11 billion to fund social programs and conceal a budget deficit. Why is that a crime?
Dilma Rousseff is the victim of her government’s failures, and a vicious opposition.
Conspiracy, betrayal and prophecies of doom have all played their part in Dilma Rousseff’s looming downfall.
Why we should stop panicking about whether the Olympic venues will be ready and start thinking about the long-term impacts of construction.
New report says households will be £4,300 worse off if we leave the EU. Here’s the verdict.
Brazilians are disgusted with all their politicians. Can anyone take control?
As Brazil struggles through a political and economic crisis, its soybean farmers are thriving. Their growing clout could trigger new deforestation and undercut the nation’s climate change pledges.
Brazilian politics may be in turmoil but its economy is due an upswing.
The extinction threat you haven’t heard of: several South American birds teeter on the brink of existence due to habitat loss. And history is not the best guide for how to save them.
Brazilians aren’t getting a truthful account of what’s going on in their country.
The administration of Dilma Rousseff is caught in a rapidly accelerating cycle of discontent.
There’s an old joke about Brazil that suggests that it’s the country of the future – and it always will be. For a while this looked to be an anachronistic, possibly racist stereotype that had been decisively…
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.
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