The ongoing destruction of the Amazon is taking place because of policy choices made by those who now rule Brazil
Brazilās latest outbreak of drug gang violence is due to the war on drugs
The conversations include discussions of the important role played in Dilmaās removal by the most powerful national institutions, including ā most importantly ā Brazilās military leaders
Ultimately, Brazilās elite political and media classes are toying with the mechanics of democracy
BRAZILāS LOWER HOUSEĀ of Congress on Sunday voted to impeach the countryās president, Dilma Rousseff, sending the removal process to the Senate. In…
The multiple, remarkable crises consuming Brazil are now garnering substantial Western media attention. Thatās understandable given that Brazil is the worldās fifth…
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald, Brazilian privacy activist David Miranda and others have launched a new campaign to…
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