If you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas

Lula has been criticized for his government’s decision not to hold remembrance for the 1964 coup, which led to a decades-long dictatorship The post If […]

Brazil captures federal fugitives after 50-day chase

The two men who carried out the first ever successful prison break from a federal maximum security penitentiary in Brazil were captured on Thursday, after […]

2023 forest loss in Brazil lowest for eight years

Brazil lost 36 percent less primary forest in 2023 than in 2022, according to new data from the University of Maryland’s Global Land Analysis and […]

Dengue deaths top 1,000 mark in 2024

Brazil surpassed the mark of 1,000 deaths by dengue fever in 2024 on Wednesday, a number close to last year’s all-time record. The Health Ministry’s […]

Brazil’s newest billionaires on Forbes list

On Tuesday, Forbes magazine published its billionaires list — its largest ever. Of the 2,781 names on the list, 69 are Brazilians, ten more than […]

Itaipu budget frozen once again amid impasse

The impasse between Brazil and Paraguay over tariffs for electricity produced by the Itaipu Dam — the massive hydroelectric complex shared by both countries — […]

Explaining Brazil #287: Election hopes dashed in Venezuela

Negotiations with the U.S. and the opposition had led to hopes that Venezuela would hold clean elections in 2024. But the Maduro administration stopping adversaries […]