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
Environment November 17, 2019
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
Jair Bolsonaro and the Marielle Franco case
Good morning! We’re covering the (debunked) links between Jair Bolsonaro and the Marielle Franco case. How the all-time low (...) 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
China’s Brazilian beef demand linked to Amazon deforestation risk
Porto Velho is one of the biggest cities in the Brazilian Amazon but it still feels like a small (...) 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
Bolsonaro meets Xi
Good morning! We’re covering Jair Bolsonaro’s meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The financial recovery of mining giant Vale. (...) 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
Chinese people learning more and more Portuguese
This week, we talk about how China moves to know more about Brazil. Scientists believe they’ve found the origin (...) READ MORE
