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Brazil
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As BRICS Cooperation Accelerates, Is It Time For The US To Develop A BRICS Policy?
BRICS foreign ministers meet in Cape Town, South Africa, in June 2023. Jaco Marais/Die Burger/Gallo Images via Getty…
An Expanded BRICS Could Reset World Politics But Picking New Members Isn’t Straightforward
President Cyril Ramaphosa will host the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg. Government Communication and Information System Bhaso Ndzendze,…
Pelé: A global superstar and cultural icon who put passion at the heart of soccer
Pelé, soccer’s first global superstar, has died at the age of 82. To many fans, the Brazilian will…
World’s Worst Pandemic Leaders: 5 Presidents And Prime Ministers Who Badly Mishandled COVID-19
COVID-19 is notoriously hard to control, and political leaders are only part of the calculus when it comes…
Megacity Slums Are Incubators Of Disease – But Coronavirus Response Isn’t Helping The Billion People Who Live In Them
Having ravaged some of the world’s wealthiest cities, the coronavirus pandemic is now spreading into the megacities of…
The Brazilian Amazon Was In Flames, And Now Australia. But What Do Their Governments Have To Do With It?
Australia is witnessing the worst forest fires of its modern history, provoked by months of droughts and record…
The Amazon Fire Crisis Has Been 500 Years In The Making – As Brazil’s Indigenous People Know Only Too Well
São Paulo – the largest city in the Americas – was recently plunged into darkness in the middle…
Amazon Fires Explained: What Are They, Why Are They So Damaging, And How Can We Stop Them?
Imagine a rainforest at dawn – the tall canopy laden with dripping ferns and orchids, tree trunks covered…
Leaked Documents Show Brazil’s Bolsonaro Has Grave Plans For Amazon Rainforest
Leaked documents show that Jair Bolsonaro’s government intends to use the Brazilian president’s hate speech to isolate minorities…
Jair Bolsonaro Wants To Deforest The Amazon – What Powers Does The UN Have To Stop Him?
Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil is at its highest rate in a decade, according to new…
Amazon Rainforests That Were Once Fire-Proof Have Become Flammable
The Amazon rainforest is described as the planet’s lungs for good reason. So much carbon is locked up…
Brazil’s National Museum Fire : What It Means for Science
The overnight inferno likely claimed fossils, cultural artifacts, and more irreplaceable collections amassed over 200 years. Major pieces…
Can Education Become Truly Egalitarian Worldwide?
The recent Dakar (Senegal) international summit on education concluded on February 3 with the hope to raise $3.1 billion “over…
Will 2016 Be On The Edge For The Global Economy?
As oil prices fall further, China slows and Brazil risks collapse, cracks will be papered over and the…
Why Friends & Communities Are Key To Bike Culture In Brazil
Nossa Cidade explores critical questions for building more sustainable cities. Every month features a new theme. Leaning on…
Easy To Praise Smaller Cities, Harder To Fix Large Ones
The mayors of Latin America’s biggest cities gathered in Buenos Aires for the C40 forum to discuss their…
São Paulo’s Water Crisis : Residents Struggle As Water Taps Run Dry
In São Paulo, drinking water is used to flush toilets, bathe and, until very recently, to wash cars…
And The Lights Go Out : Formula One’s Romance With Cities (Part 3)
Here it is! The last leg of our Formula One cities series. 14: Singapore Grand Prix Circuit…