São Paulo and the Art of Queuing
Picture the scene. It’s 7 pm on a Friday night on Avenida Paulista, the iconic São Paulo street often (...) READ MORE
Society November 12, 2019
Numbers of the week: Nov. 9, 2019
This is Brazil by the Numbers, a weekly digest of the most interesting figures tucked inside the latest news (...) READ MORE
Brazil’s crisis dragged 4.5 million into extreme poverty
In the week of the federal government announcing a series of measures to overhaul the Brazilian state, figures from (...) READ MORE
What if the Amazon rainforest disappeared?
With the concern raised by the boom in forest fires earlier this year linked to deforestation, the environmental contribution (...) READ MORE
What we know about the ship which allegedly caused Brazil oil spill
On Friday, Brazilian federal marshals carried out Operation Stain, which investigates the origin and responsibility for the massive oil (...) READ MORE
Brazil’s mistakes in containing massive oil spill
For the past two months, the Northeast of Brazil has been battling a massive oil spill. Since the first (...) READ MORE
Numbers of the week: Oct. 26, 2019
This is Brazil by the Numbers, a weekly digest of the most interesting figures tucked inside the latest news (...) READ MORE
City in Brazil’s south to become “Pesticide Free Zone”
The southern city of Florianópolis will be the first Brazilian city to ban pesticides within its municipal limits. A (...) READ MORE
Locals take oil spill cleanup into their own hands
“I had oil all over my hands, arms, and legs. I didn’t know what to do. I washed it (...) READ MORE
Numbers of the week: Oct. 19, 2019
This is Brazil by the Numbers, a weekly digest of the most interesting figures tucked inside the latest news (...) READ MORE
