Brazil’s federal police have created a diagram to illustrate their conception of the leadership structure of a “gang” of politicians accused of involvement in a massive graft scheme. And they put the ...

In São Paulo, Brazil, residents of one of the city’s largest favelas, the city’s informal settlements, have long struggled to receive packages at home. But they came up with a creative solution. The ...

This story was originally published by Yale Environment 360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When Lucas George Wendt arrived in Lajeado in late May, the water had ...

Thousands of Indigenous, quilombola, and traditional communities live in the Cerrado, the world’s most biodiverse tropical savanna. But many lack access to official titles and deeds, and are not ...

New maps detail how soybean and other farmers are spreading into the Amazon, the world's biggest rainforest, the government's National Statistics Office (IBGE) said. In a statement on Thursday, it ...

Environmental authorities approved what was then the largest wind farm in Brazil’s Ceará state in 2002 without assessing its socioenvironmental impact, including on the local fishing community and the ...