The UN rights chief also highlighted the impact climate change is having on insecurity around the world
As the fallout from Lava Jato shows, we must be wary of factionalism in the fight against graft
The fires took on an international dimension over the weekend, as French President Emmanuel Macron tackled the topic on Twitter during the G7 summit
A communications blackout left people worldwide worried about the fate of their relatives in an area that contains the only Muslim majority in India
The president has previously floated the idea of opening up protected rainforest areas to agriculture, a highly controversial move
As Brazil geared up for the Copa America last month, a Neymar-induced pall of doom and gloom threatened to scupper the host nation’s chances
Messi will get another chance to break his tournament duck next year when the Copa America takes place in Argentina and Colombia
Rating agencies have been at the centre of major financial crises
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
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner will look to win his first piece of silverware with his country
The Brazilian forward has had a poor year in football and will want to forget it as quickly as he can
From Instagrammable activists to mincing, manicured Muscle Marys, this year’s Mr Gay World veered between a pageant and a movement
Brazil’s rich biodiversity is under attack from multiple fronts
Apart from his exceptional driving skills, his attention to other elements of the sport set him apart from other drivers
Our readers write in about plastic waste and an article on President Jair Bolsonaro
The Arara territory has been under government protection since 1991. But there are fears that could change under Bolsonaro, a climate change sceptic
A Brazilian trans woman has faith in Umbanda and Candomblé, two African-derived religions
Even the rats are jumping ship as the economy flounders amid poor governance decisions
Jair Bolsonaro on Monday sacked a close aide who helped get him elected after a storm within his party over suspected improper campaign financing
Tiep, snooze, doss, lala — or simply call it load-shedding, the visitation of Brian Molefe’s spirit
Brazil is going through a rudderless period as President Jair Bolsonaro lies in a hospital bed following stomach surgery
A passionate Brazilian football fan has drawn nationwide attention for narrating her local team’s football matches live to her blind and autistic son
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
Between November 2015 and May 2018, Brazil’s health ministry registered more than 3 000 cases linked to Zika infections during pregnancy
Election of Andry Rajoelina as Madagascar’s new president would be yet another blow to the survival of nature
‘To make destroying the environment even easier, Bolsonaro pledged to merge the environment and agriculture ministries’
Economic inequality is fuelling a growing sense of tribalism, which populist politicians exploit — just take a look at Team Trump
South Africans could embrace an authoritarian state if the government fails to address current social and economic issues
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
Bolsonaro’s resounding win in Sunday’s run-off put an emphatic end to the electoral dominance of the Workers’ Party
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
Jair Bolsonaro is the embodiment of the most hardline faction military dictatorship that ruled Brazil for twenty-one years