Reflections on Resorts and the environment of the Northeast of Brazil The Northeast of Brazil is one of the five regions of the country. It has 1.558.196 km², being bigger…
As the weather gets warmer, I prepare for summer by curating a playlist This is a selection of my ten favourite Brazilian musicians for summer 2014 (in no particular order):…
The importance of sugarcane and its derivative, ethanol, in Brazil, considering the last report of IPCC about world climate. Brazil: Sugar and global warming The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change…
There’s rich, there’s chemistry-teacher-turned-drug-dealer rich, and just below that, there’s sports star rich. The national team’s great hope, twenty-two year old Neymar Júnior, earns 7,000,000 euros a year, which…
Competing and conflicting interests of economic development and environmental protection in Brazil. Brazil: Double standards in environmental issues Brazil is a country with vast and varied areas of outstanding natural…
Brazil: The hypersexualisation of a nation Whether Brazilians like it or not, the country has a reputation for female beauty and sensuality. Each year during Carnival, the world can sit…
Public opinion poll sparks outrage; Rousseff loses ground but still favored in this year’s presidential election; Brazil accused at the OAS of violating human rights Public opinion poll sparks outrage A…
One analysis of the Brazilian energy landscape On 13 March 2014 the Brazilian Federal Government announced a package of measures to address the current crisis in the electricity sector. This includes…
Violence, drugs, and police occupation Life in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas, the urban slums that stretch out to around Brazil’s second-largest city, is generally imagined to be rough. Home to almost…
Federal troops to help combat wave of violence in Rio slums; Former president Fernando Henrique Cardoso now supports congressional investigation of Petrobras; Popular Chief Justice again denies presidential ambitions Federal troops…
Carnival has a special place in Brazilian culture, but just how has it developed over the years? In the Colonial Brazil (1530 – 1822), there were two carnival spaces:…
Allied in opposition, Campos and Silva step up attacks on Rousseff; Conservative groups urge military intervention; Police officer killed in pacified slum as violence there continues to escalate Allied in…
Garbage piles up during week of carnival as workers demand higher pay; Federal governing coalition shows signs of strain; National Truth Commission identifies suspect in the Rubens Paiva Brazil: Rio…
Critics say t-shirts encourage sexual tourism; Supreme court partially reverses guilty verdicts in momentous corruption case; New data reveals Brazilian economy grew 2.3% in 2013 Brazil: Brazilians outraged by…
Recent poll suggests Dilma Rousseff would win the first round of elections with 47% of the vote; More violence in anti World Cup protest Brazil: Rousseff remains the favourite for 2014…
Brazil: MST celebrates 30 years of struggle In spite of the decades of economic and political struggle against plantation owners, violent repression and criminalisation, and media bias, this week Brazil’s…
Clean Company Act signals a tougher stance against corruption in Brazil; Over 1 million sign Snowden Asylum appeal; Film director Coutinho stabbed to death Brazil: New anti-corruption law takes effect Dubbed…
More protests against World Cup spending across Brazil; Dilma arrives in Cuba ahead of CELAC summit; Nearly 20,000 families lose homes due to World Cup. Brazil: Yet another rally against high…
Youth gatherings across the country’s shopping malls divides opinion. Brazil: Rolezinhos spark debate over class and race It seems protests in Brazil have taken on yet another turn as ‘rolezinhos’…
Brazil: The pressure is on for Dilma in 2014 After a difficult year of poor economic performance, mass protests, and delayed World Cup preparations, President Dilma Rousseff’s reelection in the…