Bolsonaro’s rise to power led to hike in same-sex marriages
“I am a proud homophobe, yes.” President Jair Bolsonaro uttered this sentence back in 2013 when he was just (...) READ MORE
Society December 6, 2019
How inequality affects Brazilian education levels
The OECD’s Pisa test (Program for International Student Assessment) is considered by many experts as one of the most (...) READ MORE
Brazil’s new challenge against HIV
The first registered case of AIDS in Brazil came in 1982. Back then, the press called it the “gay (...) READ MORE
Latin American Catholic Church covers up new child abuse scandals: study
In June 2018, 34 Chilean bishops offered Pope Francis their resignations following the biggest child abuse scandal in the (...) READ MORE
Numbers of the week: Nov 30, 2019
This is Brazil by the Numbers, a weekly digest of the most interesting figures tucked inside the latest news (...) READ MORE
The face of modern slavery in Brazil
Brazil was the last country in the West to abolish slavery, waiting until 1888 to do so. The process (...) READ MORE
Private sector the solution for Brazil’s sanitation crisis?
The Lagos microregion to the northeast of Rio de Janeiro is a picture-postcard place filled with idyllic beaches that (...) READ MORE
Numbers of the week: Nov. 23, 2019
This is Brazil by the Numbers, a weekly digest of the most interesting figures tucked inside the latest news (...) READ MORE
Why Latin America went from boom to bust
Latin America enjoyed a golden age in the 2000s, a decade defined by sustained economic growth and decreasing levels (...) READ MORE
What is driving Brazil’s Amazon deforestation rates up?
Published on Monday, Brazil’s official annual Amazon deforestation numbers show evidence of a long-anticipated tragedy. Between August 2018 and (...) READ MORE
