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Renato Alves

Renato Alves is a Brazilian journalist who has worked for Correio Braziliense and Crusoé.

Tilapia: the most Brazilian of foreign fish species

Tilapia: the most Brazilian of foreign fish species

A large number of Brazilians are certain that tilapia is a strictly native species, but it's actually African. Regardless, it has become the dominant force in Brazilian fish farming

4 weeks ago • Renato Alves

innovation minas gerais

Can Minas Gerais become a major innovation hub?

A new venture in the state aims to foster hardware-development startups, pairing them with in-need businesses in one of the state’s industrial poles

2 months ago • Renato Alves

cerrado grains savanna

How tech can curb deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado

The Cerrado tropical savanna has been decimated by deforestation, now being home to much of Brazil's grain farming. Researchers want to show farmers that their crops rely on the Cerrado's preservation

2 months ago • Renato Alves

Marshal looking for survivors in Petrópolis

Petrópolis disaster leaves a scar on Brazil’s historical landmarks

With hundreds dead and much physical destruction, evidence emerges of authorities’ negligence in preparing prevention and mitigation strategies

3 months ago • Renato Alves and Ana Ferraz

tourism canyon The Lake of Furnas, in Capitólio, Minas Gerais. Photo: Ricardo Benichio/Folhapress

Idyllic canyon region tries to keep tourism alive after deadly disaster

A deadly cliff collapse in Capitólio has left tourists scared to return, and locals afraid they will lose their revenue

3 months ago • Renato Alves

modern art week 1922 2022 brazil

One hundred years of Brazil’s 1922 Modern Art Week

Designed to break the status quo and reject traditionalism, the 1922 festival sparked arguably the most significant art movement in Brazil's history, echoes of which can still be seen today

3 months ago • Renato Alves

Brazil's indigenous agency fails to protect uncontacted Amazon peoples

Brazil’s indigenous agency fails to protect uncontacted Amazon peoples

A Funai expedition in 2021 encountered a previously undiscovered group of indigenous people living in the southern Amazon — since then, the agency has done nothing to protect this highly vulnerable community

3 months ago • Renato Alves

Officials say the Carioca dam has a 99-percent chance of collapsing due to intense rainfall. Photo: Eduardo Anizelli/Folhapress)

At Minas mines, severe rain has brought dam failure fears

The state of Minas Gerais has suffered two catastrophic dam failures over the last seven years, which caused hundreds of deaths. Recent severe rains have left the region on alert once more

4 months ago • Renato Alves

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