A few days ago, I was returning home from a friend of mine here in my city and, to my surprise, a company donated a land and made that area a public garden space. I was happy with this initiative, but this reminds me of another inspiring story that...

Brazil’s woeful schools, more than perhaps anything else, are what hold it back. They are improving—but too slowly

Among the last to fall into recession, Brazil may be among the first to grow out of it

Brazil’s government hopes that land reform in the Amazon will slow deforestation. Greens doubt it

The world\’s biggest military spenders by population

Sunday, an Airbus of Air France that left the Rio toward Paris disappeared over the ocean. The Flight AF 447 carrying 228 people, including crew and passengers. Most of the victims were French and Brazilian. This tragedy is full of doubts to the...

Appointment of non-US citizen would symbolise commitment to fighting global poverty

President Hu Jintao and his wife Liu Yongqing welcome Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his wife Marisa Leticia in front of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing yesterday. Wu Zhiyi

In the 1960s, during the military dictatorship, Dilma Rousseff, 61, participated in the armed struggle against the dictatorship, operating in clandestine and terrorist organizations. She was tortured by the military between 1970 and 1973 in the bodies...

A historical fact happened recently here in Brazil. For the first time in 80 years USA has ceased to be the largest trading partner of Brazil. Guess who is now the largest trading partner of Brazil, accounting for 16% of Brazilian exports and...