Brazil

Many hope the 2018 election will give Brazilian democracy a much-needed restart, but given the circumstances of corruption and bad candidates, that seems like a long shot.

• By João Feres Júnior & Fabio Kerche

Members of the Munduruku tribe leave the Acampamento Terra Livre (Free Land Camp) in Brazil to protest in front of the Ministry of Justice on April 24th, 2018, against a proposed dam on their land.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

The feminist advocate and city council member was gunned down after mediating a debate about women's rights.

• By Kamille Viola

With crisis-stricken Venezuela spilling refugees into Colombia and Brazil, politically expedient deportations make the situation worse.

• By Dylan Baddour

Protesters demonstrate in support of former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on January 24th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Thousands of Brazilians protest against a controversial bill that aims to cut the right to abortion in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 13th, 2017.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Illegal logging continues to be a persistent problem in the Brazilian state of Maranhão, threatening an already fragmented wildlife habitat and forcing indigenous tribes off their land.

• By Claire Asher

A new report finds that scientists described 381 new species of wildlife from the Amazon in peer-reviewed scientific journals between January of 2014 and December of 2015. Some, however, are already on the brink of extinction.

• By Shreya Dasgupta

Increasing beef productivity and engaging directly with the supply chain may be a flawed approach when seeking positive conservation outcomes.

• By Mike Gaworecki

Norwegian government officials are warning Temer that his country risks losing millions in financial aid that Norway pays to Brazil to help rein in deforestation in the Amazon.

• By Mike Gaworecki

Deforestation increased almost 60 percent last year, with the forest losing over 29,000 hectares, a new report says.

• By Ignacio Amigo

The Temer administration and Congress, controlled by the bancada ruralista agricultural lobby, is trashing environmental, indigenous, and social rights.

• By Sue Branford & Maurício Torres

Brazil's diverse range of land defenders are holding back against illegal logging simply by living as they do.

• By Maximo Anderson

With every outbreak, we must balance on the knife's edge between worrying too much and doing too little.

• By Kate Wheeling

Even the ones we don't have names for.

• By Nathan Collins

Brazil's program of increased enforcement in communities with high deforestation rates appears to have worked.

• By Nathan Collins

Brazil's Congress is considering a measure to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 18 to 16. But this proposal misses the mark as an effort to reduce crime. We should try creating new norms for masculinity instead.

• By Gary Barker, Tatiana Moura & Victoria Marie Page

A round-up of news and research on stadium spending gone wrong.

• By Max Ufberg

New research finds zero-deforestation pledges are effective, and buying zero-deforestation products helps.

• By Francie Diep

A not-so-sweet round-up of news and research on sugar companies.

• By Francie Diep

What happens when you give power to a private security service in an attempt to quickly boost economic growth.

• By Zoe Sullivan

For over 30 years, Brazil has run one of the largest studies of a population since birth.

• By Catherine de Lange

For many, the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games represent missed opportunities to tackle health problems and inequality.

• By Catherine de Lange

Physical activity has recently come to be seen as one of the best forms of medicine available. But how much do you need to do to reap the benefits?

• By Catherine de Lange