At the start of the twenty-first century, Brazil's economy was floundering. Record levels of unemployment, high inflation and the woes of its trading partner, Argentina, were just a few of the factors ...

Drug companies are in a strange and difficult position—as the inventor and supplier of a stream of life-saving products, they are essential to mankind, but at the same time, they are almost friendless ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. As the Covid-19 vaccine campaign gained steam in the United States last spring, I was locked down in my apartment in Rio de Janeiro, trying to avoid being ...

Brazil has a terrifying record when it comes to violence. It features more homicides than any other country on earth: one in ten people killed around the world each year is a Brazilian. This ...

Brazilians have low levels of institutional trust. They also have low levels of trust in each other. Why? Essential trust: Lessons from Brazil's trust crisis Sign up for the On Point newsletter here.

Forget about hiding places. The faults were laid bare for all to see. There were no excuses offered, no qualifiers delivered in the aftermath of this public setback. This performance fell well short ...

SAO PAULO, July 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In Brazil, demand for high-quality English education continues to rise, fueled by the international business growth, the expansion of the digital economy, ...

This week, Brazil made history by convicting and sentencing its former president, Jair Bolsonaro, for plotting a coup to remain in power. MSNBC analyst Ben Rhodes stresses the global significance of ...

Earlier this summer I flew to Brazil. Not to sunny Rio, where I lived in the early 80s, but to chaotic São Paulo, the largest city in the Western Hemisphere. A colleague, leader of a large ...

A stunning second-half comeback from Japan stunned Brazil in Tuesday's friendly, and Carlo Ancelotti was unimpressed by his side's mistakes. Carlo Ancelotti says there is a "good lesson for the future ...