Andrew Downie
Monday, August 1, 2016 - 15:06
The United Nations has called on Brazilian authorities to investigate the killing of a scrappy local journalist in the nation's interior, the third reporter to die in the country this year. Joao Miranda do Carmo was shot seven times on Sunday night by unknown assailants in Santo Antonio do Descoberto, a small city 30 miles (48 km) west of the capital Brasilia.
Thursday, February 6, 2014 - 00:00
As of last weekend, the government will give people such as Rodrigues a new
"cultural coupon" worth $20 a month.
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 - 00:00
President Dilma Rousseff condemned the troublemakers and called for a special police station to be set up to deal with soccer-related incidents
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 - 00:00
If a presidential election were to be held today-general elections are scheduled for October 2014-Rousseff would no longer win automatically but face a run off against Marina Silva, the former Green party candidate who came third in the vote last time.
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 00:00
Brazil's Congress is trying to loosen legislation on gun ownership that critics say could cause the number of homicides to rise sharply after a period of relative stability.
Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 00:00
The events are more than just graphic illustrations of how life is cheap in Brazil. The other common thread is impunity and a lack of accountability.
Thursday, October 11, 2012 - 00:00
Jose Dirceu, one of Brazil's most powerful political figures, has been convicted in the wide-ranging mensalão scandal trial, which is considered a key test of the nation's modernization.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 - 00:00
Taking products, services and jobs back into the pacified favelas is the latest challenge facing a city hoping to reverse decades of neglect as it prepares to host not just the Olympics but also the soccer World Cup final in 2014.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011 - 00:00
Traffickers crossed the border from Peru and threatened officials from the National Indigenous Foundation (Funai), the government body charged with protecting Brazil’s isolated Indians.
Friday, May 6, 2011 - 00:00
Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay seek to control food security by rebuffing land-buyers from Europe and Asia. Already in Uruguay, an area the size of Denmark sits in foreign hands.