More than 40 Democratic lawmakers urge Trump in a letter to stop his ‘attempts to undermine democracy in Brazil’
The letter accuses the U.S. president of using tariffs to influence the court that convicted Bolsonaro for attempting a coup
The journal ‘Science’ criticizes Trump’s anti-renewable energy policy: ‘The US is failing to benefit from its own innovations’
The prestigious publication selects the rise of solar and wind power as the main scientific breakthrough of the year and laments the White House’s ‘poor decision’ to back fossil fuels
Brazil, world champion of super-salaries: 53,000 civil servants earn more than the legal limit
A study compared civil service salary caps in 11 countries as Congress debates public administration reform in a nation with particularly high social inequality
Eight Matisse collages stolen at gunpoint from an exhibition in São Paulo
One of the two suspects has been arrested after taking artworks that were part of an art book titled ‘Jazz,’ and which had already been stolen in the past
TikTok’s first data center in Latin America will be in Brazil and will run entirely on wind power
President Lula da Silva presents the $38 billion project as he tries to strike a delicate balance between Beijing and Washington, his largest trade partners
The Anacé Indigenous people are protesting TikTok’s construction of the largest data center in Brazil
The native people, who fear the social and environmental impact of the project, accuse the company of not consulting them about installing multi-billion dollar infrastructure on their traditional lands
To make peace with nature, we need a fossil fuel-free Amazon
It is necessary to support Brazil’s proposal to develop a roadmap for carrying out the comprehensive transition to renewable energy
‘Trump doesn’t represent us’: US activist groups to push for climate action at COP30 in Brazil
Dharna Noor|
US groups aim to represent their country at the UN climate summit even as the Trump Administration declines to send a delegation
The social elevator is breaking down in Spain, one of the richest countries with the greatest inequality of opportunity
The OECD maintains that, on average, a quarter of socioeconomic differences are explained by imposed or inherited factors. In the European country, the proportion exceeds 35%
Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro sentenced to over 27 years for plotting coup
The Brazilian Supreme Court reached a majority verdict to convict high-ranking military officers for attempting to prevent the transfer of power to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva after losing the 2022 election
COP30 in the Amazon: Crucial summit or climate carnival?
Marcos Colón|
That the event is taking place in such a symbolic territory is a powerful statement that offers an extraordinary opportunity to change the narrative, re-center Indigenous knowledge, and reimagine governance
Brazil and the rush to build the world’s largest Catholic statue
Monuments are multiplying across the country just as the number of Catholics falls to historic lows, due to the rise of Evangelical Christians
María Corina Machado: ‘Maduro must be made to understand that his best option is to accept a negotiated transition’
In an interview, with EL PAÍS, the Venezuelan opposition leader says she’s convinced that a change in the country is possible this time: ‘Our records are available for anyone who wants to analyze them’
Copa América 2024: Everything you need to know about the schedule, teams and stadiums
The final match of this edition of the tournament organized by CONMEBOL and CONCACAF will be played at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida
Copa América 2024: The stadiums where the championship will be staged
Some of the venues on the list will also be used for the 2026 World Cup
And after first contact, what? How the last isolated peoples on Earth live
A journey to some of the most remote corners of the Peruvian Amazon provides several lessons for the future
The trans activist devoted to giving dignified burials to her forgotten friends: ‘I used to keep vigil all alone’
For the last seven years, Kenya Cuevas has been finding burial spots for friends. Now she is building Mexico’s first mausoleum for trans women
In first 100 days, Brazil’s Lula aims to revive his legacy
AP|
The Brazilian president’s return to power has been marked by efforts to reinstate his past social policies and undo what his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro did
No miracles in the land of miracles
Juan Carlos Echeverry|
Latin America, the land of supernatural occurrences, has had just one episode of spectacular economic growth, which occurred in Venezuela in the 1940s and 50s
Home in Brazilian favela is finalist in international architecture competition
The house of artist Kdu dos Anjos, built by the Levante Collective, is a modest brick construction in the middle of a shantytown in Belo Horizonte
Prostitute, sorceress and saint: Brazil’s first Black female writer honored at Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival
The Viradouro samba school featured Rosa Egipciaca, a slave with a religious following who drew the ire of the Inquisition
Bolivia asks Brazil to hand over rogue senator
Morales wants Pinto Molina to face the 20 charges pending against him in Bolivia