A drop in commodity prices: a looming crisis for Brazil
In 2012, while Brazil was still the darling of the emerging world, Indian investor Ruchir Sharma wrote an article (...) READ MORE
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Erosion poses danger to 60 percent of the Brazilian coast
A report commissioned last year by the Ministry of the Environment warns that the Brazilian coast is at risk (...) READ MORE
Brazilian researchers closer to treating Alzheimer’s
Brazilian researchers are getting closer to finding ways of treating Alzheimer’s disease, which affects 1 million people in the (...) READ MORE
A shift in how Brazil’s state-owned banks will operate
The new presidents of Brazil’s state-owned banks—the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES), Banco do Brasil, and Caixa—took (...) READ MORE
Afro-Brazilian religions in danger in Bolsonaro’s Brazil
Speaking to supporters during a campaign event last year, then-presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro proclaimed: “God is above all. There (...) READ MORE
Prison faction puts Ceará under attack
Since January 2, the state of Ceará has been under attack. Criminals have targeted police stations, banks, and public (...) READ MORE
No cryptocurrency for native Brazilians, says Ministry of Human Rights
Damares Alves, minister of the newly created Ministry of Women, Family and Human Rights, decided to cancel a contract (...) READ MORE
2018 was a year for Brazilian science to forget
It’s true that science and research have never been properly funded in Brazil. But 2018 proved to be one (...) READ MORE
Brazilian government could run out of money by 2020
According to a recent report published by the World Bank, the Brazilian government overspends and wastes money. The study, (...) READ MORE
Bolsonaro wants to revise indigenous reservation demarcations
Jair Bolsonaro’s presidency will likely represent a radical shift in Brazil’s environmental policies. Since Fernando Collor de Mello, the (...) READ MORE