JBS, the world’s largest meatpacker, is turning to blockchain to ensure the traceability of the tens of thousands of cattle it processes every day in Brazil, following intense pressure from both investors and activists over its environmental record.

The world’s longest Zoom call is underway at the United Nations General Assembly today.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro defended his administration’s record protecting the Amazon rainforest, telling the United Nations’ virtual meeting of global leaders on Tuesday that his country has been wrongly portrayed as an environmental villain. Bolsonaro’s critics were quick to pick apart his claims.

On July 7, Jair Bolsonaro, president of the world’s second hardest-hit country by COVID-19, announced he had tested positive for coronavirus and had mild symptoms. Shortly afterwards, he removed his mask to show everyone he was ok.

A demissão do ministro Sergio Moro é um abalo sísmico na política brasileira. Sua saída do governo sinaliza uma perigosa nova fase para o Brasil. Mais do que isso, escancara o enfraquecimento do Estado Democrático de Direito atualmente em curso no país. A garantia da…

Furious at corrupt politicians and fearful of deteriorating security, many Brazilians are calling for a military intervention to clean house of crooked leaders and crack down on heavily armed drug gangs.

La vuelta de la violencia en Río coincide con un recorte del 30% del presupuesto de seguridad en un Estado al borde de la quiebra, donde todos los recursos se dedican a seguir pagando los salarios de los agentes y a veces ni dan para eso.

Ilona Szabó talks to Americas Quartely about violence in Rio de Janeiro.

OpenDemocracy July, 2017 Rio de Janeiro is not one, but many cities. There´s the one that most people have heard about – made up of posh beach facing neighbourhoods such as Copacabana, Ipanema and Leblon. Then there´s the city that gets less attention which includes…

Open Society Foundations May, 2017 Earlier this month in Culiacán, Mexico, according to a report from the New York Times, the veteran journalist Javier Valdez Cárdenas, chronicler of the drug cartel–fueled violence that today ravages large swaths of Mexico and Latin America, was murdered. He…