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Brazil

Messi vows to play on after latest Argentina heartache
Article
/ 3 July 2019

Messi vows to play on after latest Argentina heartache

Messi will get another chance to break his tournament duck next year when the Copa America takes place in Argentina and Colombia

By Barnaby Chesterman
Why credit rating agencies are still getting away with bad behaviour
Article
/ 24 June 2019

Why credit rating agencies are still getting away with bad behaviour

Rating agencies have been at the centre of major financial crises

By Misheck Mutize
Ecuador’s highest court approves same-sex marriage
Article
/ 13 June 2019

Ecuador’s highest court approves same-sex marriage

The Constitutional Court said same-sex marriage had been approved in a five-to-four vote of its nine judges in a closed door hearing

By Agency
Hopeful Messi keen to end Argentina title drought
Article
/ 11 June 2019

Hopeful Messi keen to end Argentina title drought

The five-time Ballon d’Or winner will look to win his first piece of silverware with his country

By Manuel Cabello Dujo
Neymar’s ‘troubled’ year
Article
/ 4 June 2019

Neymar’s ‘troubled’ year

The Brazilian forward has had a poor year in football and will want to forget it as quickly as he can

By Agency
Queer parade: Change agent or dated fluff?
Article
/ 10 May 2019

Queer parade: Change agent or dated fluff?

From Instagrammable activists to mincing, manicured Muscle Marys, this year’s Mr Gay World veered between a pageant and a movement

By Carl Collison
Attacks on Brazil’s ecological paradises threaten biodiversity
Article
/ 2 May 2019

Attacks on Brazil’s ecological paradises threaten biodiversity

Brazil’s rich biodiversity is under attack from multiple fronts

By Pascale Trouillaud
Ayrton Senna: Brazil mourns ‘superhero’ 25 years after his death
Article
/ 30 April 2019

Ayrton Senna: Brazil mourns ‘superhero’ 25 years after his death

Apart from his exceptional driving skills, his attention to other elements of the sport set him apart from other drivers

By Paula Ramon
Letters to the editor: April 26 to May 2
Article
/ 26 April 2019

Letters to the editor: April 26 to May 2

Our readers write in about plastic waste and an article on President Jair Bolsonaro

By Letters
Illegal logging in Brazil turns Amazon into a powder keg
Article
/ 24 April 2019

Illegal logging in Brazil turns Amazon into a powder keg

The Arara territory has been under government protection since 1991. But there are fears that could change under Bolsonaro, a climate change sceptic

By Louis Genot
Fighting the ‘whiteness’ of hope
Article
/ 18 April 2019

Fighting the ‘whiteness’ of hope

A Brazilian trans woman has faith in Umbanda and Candomblé, two African-derived religions

By Carl Collison
Bolsonaro’s three-month rule a disaster
Article
/ 12 April 2019

Bolsonaro’s three-month rule a disaster

Even the rats are jumping ship as the economy flounders amid poor governance decisions

By Benjamin Fogel
Brazil president sacks close aide amid political scandal
Article
/ 19 February 2019

Brazil president sacks close aide amid political scandal

Jair Bolsonaro on Monday sacked a close aide who helped get him elected after a storm within his party over suspected improper campaign financing

By Agency
A ruskansie by any other name
Article
/ 15 February 2019

A ruskansie by any other name

Tiep, snooze, doss, lala — or simply call it load-shedding, the visitation of Brian Molefe’s spirit

By Lester Kiewit
Brazil’s out-of-action president tries to stay in control
Article
/ 13 February 2019

Brazil’s out-of-action president tries to stay in control

​Brazil is going through a rudderless period as President Jair Bolsonaro lies in a hospital bed following stomach surgery

By Marc Burleigh
A footie-mad mother narrates for blind son
Article
/ 1 February 2019

A footie-mad mother narrates for blind son

​A passionate Brazilian football fan has drawn nationwide attention for narrating her local team’s football matches live to her blind and autistic son

By Agency
Netanyahu hails ‘new era’ with Brazil
Article
/ 28 December 2018

Netanyahu hails ‘new era’ with Brazil

Netanyahu also stressed that he would press Bolsonaro on an announcement that Brazil would follow the US in moving its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem

By Marc Burleigh
‘We’ve been forgotten’: Brazil’s Zika generation
Article
/ 18 December 2018

‘We’ve been forgotten’: Brazil’s Zika generation

Between November 2015 and May 2018, Brazil’s health ministry registered more than 3 000 cases linked to Zika infections during pregnancy

By Staff Reporter
Madagascar elections: An environmental disaster in waiting
Africa
/ 18 December 2018

Madagascar elections: An environmental disaster in waiting

Election of Andry Rajoelina as Madagascar’s new president would be yet another blow to the survival of nature

By Staff Reporter
Bolsonaro spells ecological disaster for Brazil – and the world
Article
/ 30 November 2018

Bolsonaro spells ecological disaster for Brazil – and the world

‘To make destroying the environment even easier, Bolsonaro pledged to merge the environment and agriculture ministries’

By Staff Reporter
Why is democracy faltering?
Article
/ 2 November 2018

Why is democracy faltering?

Economic inequality is fuelling a growing sense of tribalism, which populist politicians exploit — just take a look at Team Trump

By Staff Reporter
South Africa’s not that different from Brazil
Article
/ 2 November 2018

South Africa’s not that different from Brazil

South Africans could embrace an authoritarian state if the government fails to address current social and economic issues

By Benjamin Fogel
Latin America is spawning tech ‘unicorns’
Article
/ 2 November 2018

Latin America is spawning tech ‘unicorns’

Since the dot.com boom years, tech companies have sprung up all over Asia, the US and Europe but Latin America remained a relative backwater

By Lujan Scarpinelli
Brazilian left reels as country lurches right
Article
/ 1 November 2018

Brazilian left reels as country lurches right

Bolsonaro’s resounding win in Sunday’s run-off put an emphatic end to the electoral dominance of the Workers’ Party

By Staff Reporter
Fears for Amazon after Bolsonaro wins Brazil presidency
Article
/ 29 October 2018

Fears for Amazon after Bolsonaro wins Brazil presidency

Bolsonaro, who won 55% of the vote in a run-off on Sunday, issued a series of campaign pledges that left many fearing for the future of the Amazon

By Patrick Galey
What Bolsonaro’s election victory means
Article
/ 28 October 2018

What Bolsonaro’s election victory means

Jair Bolsonaro is the embodiment of the most hardline faction military dictatorship that ruled Brazil for twenty-one years

By Benjamin Fogel
Social media in the spotlight in Brazil presidential race
Article
/ 24 October 2018

Social media in the spotlight in Brazil presidential race

Facebook and WhatsApp — hugely popular in the Latin American nation — have been thrust into the spotlight for being used to traffic in disinformation

By Marc Burleigh
National-populism: A new global model is born
Article
/ 17 October 2018

National-populism: A new global model is born

The new model brings together fake social care, exacerbated nationalism and a compensatory pro-business approach

By Staff Reporter
Divided Brazil barrels towards uncertain presidential run-off
Article
/ 8 October 2018

Divided Brazil barrels towards uncertain presidential run-off

Jair Bolsonaro easily beat a dozen other candidates on Sunday — but not by enough to avoid an October 28 showdown with Fernando Haddad

By Marc Burleigh and Rosa Sulleiro
Brazil votes for new president, far-right Bolsonaro in lead
Article
/ 7 October 2018

Brazil votes for new president, far-right Bolsonaro in lead

If Jair Bolsonaro gets more than 50% of the vote to lead the field of 13 candidates, he will win the presidency outright

By Marc Burleigh
Brazil is choosing a new president. Here’s what you need to know
Article
/ 6 October 2018

Brazil is choosing a new president. Here’s what you need to know

Whoever ends up as president will be at the helm of the world’s 8th-biggest economy, an oil producer and major energy consumer

By Marc Burleigh
Brazil flirts with a neo-fascist
Article
/ 4 October 2018

Brazil flirts with a neo-fascist

The bitter reality is that there is a real chance of the country returning to a dictatorship and its darkest days

By Benjamin Fogel
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