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If you trace the path of one electrical transmission line up the coast of Maine, through and around the state’s rocky outcroppings and over a long causeway, you’ll finally reach …
Brazil charges Volkswagen unit with treating farm workers like slaves decades ago Read More
For years, the Jequitinhonha River Valley, in southeastern Brazil, carried the stigma of being a very poor area, marked by the hunger and illiteracy. But it turns out that treasure …
Lithium fever brings prosperity and headaches to one of the poorest corners of Brazil Read More
Porto Alegre, Brazil – Carla Rambo moves through a room of clutter, clearing the shelves inside her office supplies store in the historic centre of Porto Alegre, the capital of the …
‘The future is dark’: Brazilian businesses shattered by floods Read More
While on the campaign trail in 2022, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva made it clear he wanted to take on gig work platforms. “We’re not against someone working …
Brazil’s politicians, unions, and workers can’t agree on how to protect gig labor Read More
The justices of Brazil’s Supreme Court voted 9-2 last week against a legal framework that would have made it impossible for Indigenous tribal leaders to reclaim traditional land and that …
Brazil’s Supreme Court upholds Indigenous rights to reclaim land Read More
Members of the Curvelandia community in Brazil’s north-eastern Maranhao state used branches and palm fronds at the beginning of this year to create a barricade across the red dirt road that runs …
Greenwashing concerns: Is Brazil paper company sustainable? Read More
In mid-January, Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva accused the country’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, of facilitating genocide against the Indigenous Yanomami people, who live deep in the Amazon rainforest along the border …
How gold mining in Brazil is connected to hundreds of deaths Read More
Could a sway to the left in South America be the start of a new Latin step? Alexander Kozul-Wright looks at the partners. Political change in Latin America’s recent history …
Radical moves Read More
Located just 60km from Rio de Janeiro, Marica has modelled itself into a very different city, paying residents a universal basic income, using its own digital currency and procuring its …
Amid Brazil’s COVID chaos, socialist Marica forges different path Read More
Tatiana Araujo de Sirqueira, a 33-year-old single mother of six, and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro are almost neighbours, but they inhabit different universes. Sirqueira lives by a landfill less than …
Brazilians thrown back into poverty as COVID aid dries up Read More