Welcome to “Number of the Week,” where we choose a single figure that helps us understand Brazil. This week, we go through the numbers explaining how important the North region is to the Brazilian economy.
More than ever, the eyes of the world are on the Brazilian Amazon. Due to President Jair Bolsonaro’s laissez-faire stance, deforestation rates have reached new heights in past months. Ricardo Salles, the Environment Minister who recently quit, is facing accusations of helping an illegal timber exporting ring. His replacement, Joaquim Leite, may be a less toxic figure, but...
The relationship between farmers and the Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva administration is by no…
Pelé, Ronaldo, Zico, Marta … All of Brazil’s truly immortal sporting icons are footballers, that…
Speaking before a Senate hearing on Tuesday, Chief of Staff Rui Costa admitted that Brazil…
New job market data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) show the…
Brazil officially had 5.83 million domestic workers in 2022 — almost the entire population of…
Brazil’s Ministry of Health this month announced a purchase of 12.5 million doses of Moderna’s…