SERRINHA, Brazil — Squeezed into plastic chairs, hand fans going full tilt, hundreds of parents listened in the summer heat. The planet was in big trouble, they were told, and the time had come ...

Rural population in Brazil is underestimated and lacks political representation, scientists warn Study shows that scant progress has been achieved in addressing the concentration of land tenure in ...

CERRO CORÁ, Brazil — Antônio Acelino de Moura, 65, says he imagined the future had finally arrived at his community in the northeast of Brazil when, in 2012, he heard the news that a wind farm ...

CATANDUVA, Brazil, Oct 28 (Reuters) - The small city of Catanduva in the rural farm belt of Sao Paulo state has been ahead of the political curve in Brazil. In 1996, the city elected leftist Felix ...

In Brazil, thousands of people have been taking part in demonstrations to mark the 10th anniversary of a notorious massacre. Nineteen rural workers were shot dead by military police officers in April ...

Across the globe, and particularly in Brazil, lies an embarrassment of riches that also stage a showdown as mitigating climate change and protecting biodiversity square off against growing food ...

This story originally appeared in NACLA on Aug. 2, 2023. It is reprinted here with permission. In Araçuaí, a small city in southeastern Brazil an eight-hour drive from the nearest international ...

CATANDUVA, Brazil, Oct 28 (Reuters) - The small city of Catanduva in the rural farm belt of Sao Paulo state has been ahead of the political curve in Brazil. In 1996, the city elected leftist Felix ...