Tag: Brazil

Brazil – The Might and the Right: How Far Will Brazil’s Military Back Bolsonaro? (Crisis Group)

Jair Bolsonaro is in a tight spot. Bedevilled by a pandemic whose seriousness he does not recognise and confronted with political rivals who are...

Brazil – Brazil in the age of Bolsonaro (Chatham House)

Whether over matters of COVID-19 infection rates, environmental concerns, or political polarization, Brazil has become a focus in the news of late. What explains...

Brazil – Brazil Signs Artemis Accords (NASA)

Brazil Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation Marcos Pontes signs the Artemis Accords as President Jair Bolsonaro looks on during a ceremony at the...

Brazil – Earnings inequality and dynamics in the presence of informality: The case of Brazil (Niklas Engbom, Gustavo Gonzaga, Christian Moser, Roberta Olivieri, VOXEU)

Figure 1 Evolution of percentiles (left) and dispersion (right) of the log earnings distribution from 1985-2017 - Source: RAIS, 1985-2017. Earnings inequality and dynamics in...

Brazil – Is there no end to Rio de Janeiro’s cycle of violence? (Al Jazeera)

Raphael Tsavkko Garcia A police operation conducted on May 6 amid the COVID-19 pandemic and despite a Supreme Court order banning it resulted in the...

Brazil – Squabbles and accusations: Inside Brazil’s COVID Senate inquiry (Al Jazeera)

 Sam Cowie Investigation into government’s handling of coronavirus pandemic adds to pressure on far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/24/squabbles-and-accusations-inside-brazil-covid-senate-inquiry

Russia/Brazil – Russia-Brazil spat erupts over Sputnik vaccine snub (Euractiv)

EURACTIV.com with AFP Brazil’s health regulator said Thursday (29 April) its decision to reject the Russian-made Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine was based on the developer’s...

Brazil’s 2050 Climate Neutrality Goal is an Important Gesture, but it Contradicts Climate Actions from the Administration (World Resources Institute)

In a speech during the Leaders Summit on Climate, President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil presented new climate commitments and reinforced previous ones. The Brazilian Administration...

The Amazon has become a net greenhouse gas emitter. Here’s what that means (WEF)

Liz Kimbrough Scientists have discovered that the Amazon Basin is now a net emitter of greenhouse gases; but human activity is the main cause of...

(Brazil) Brazil’s president picks Army chief amid tension with military (Defense News)

Diane Jeantet, AP The appointment of the Brazilian Army’s former chief health officer as the new service commander is an effort by President Jair Bolsonaro...

(Brazil) Brazil military chiefs quit as Bolsonaro seeks their support (Defense News)

Diane Jeantet and David Biller The leaders of all three branches of Brazil’s armed forces jointly resigned Tuesday following President Jair Bolsonaro’s replacement of the defense minister,...

(Brazil) Can Lula da Silva be president of Brazil again? (Al Jazeera)

Presenter: Hashem Ahelbarra Guests: Gustavo Ribeiro – journalist and editor-in-chief of The Brazilian Report Paulo Sotero – distinguished fellow at the Wilson Center’s Brazil Institute Nizar Messari – vice...

(Brazil) Lula is back, and Brazil is facing a perfect storm (Al Jazeera)

Raphael Tsavkko Garcia The annulment of the corruption convictions against former President Lula threw the country into unprecedented political chaos. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/3/25/lula-is-back-and-brazil-is-facing-a-perfect-storm

(Brazil) Brazil CEOs and economists blast Bolsonaro’s COVID response (Al Jazeera)

President Bolsonaro says he is still not convinced by COVID lockdowns as cases soar in Latin America’s largest country. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/22/brazil-ceos-and-economists-blast-bolsonaros-covid-response

(Brazil) Brazil’s Forests Are Being Restored — Now We Can See Where (WRI)

Marcelo Matsumoto, Will Anderson, Katie Reytar and Leonardo Barbosa We often hear how Brazil’s deforestation crisis threatens its major ecosystems and the people who live in them. That’s an...

(Brazil) The place of Brazil at the vaccine line (ORF)

DAWISSON BELÉM LOPES A deliberate strategy of not tackling the novel coronavirus from the start has left the pandemic out of control in Brazil. https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/place-brazil-vaccine-line/