Brazil get their 2026 World Cup campaign underway tonight against Morocco. But will this be another stressful tournament opener? And where does the country’s debut tension come from?
With the World Cup less than a week away, we look back at memorable ads surrounding the tournament, and how they mirror the nation’s optimism (or pessimism) about Brazil.
Illegal gold mining can devastate protected lands and poison indigenous communities. Brazil's federal government wants to clean it up, but Congress may have other ideas.
Designed via a newspaper competition, Brazil’s yellow national football team shirt is a global icon. Here’s the history behind the world-famous garment.
Brazil’s agro caucus pushed through a quartet of bills last week, weakening environmental oversight. We take them apart, and explain why the industry may have shot itself in the foot.
Forecast models are showing an increasing probability of a severe El Niño event forming this year. What does that mean for Brazil, and is the country prepared?
The extraction of rare earth elements is all the rage in Brazil and around the world. But the country’s urgency to extract these critical minerals leaves large environmental gaps.
Congressional aides describe how betting companies used a years-long regulatory gray area to get Brazil “addicted” to gambling — and its sponsorship money.
Away from the consensus-driven COP talks, representatives of countries dead-set on eradicating fossil fuels met in the Colombian city of Santa Marta this week.
Brazilian basketball legend Oscar Schmidt passed away last week, aged 68. His legacy in the sport goes beyond being “the best never to play in the NBA”
SailGP, the revolutionary high-tech high-speed sailing competition held its first ever event in Rio last weekend, with a Brazilian Olympic medalist in action.
Marina Silva leaves the Environment Ministry, after managing to rebuild the country’s governance and oversight apparatus after years of Bolsonaro-era dismantling.
Brazil held the COP15 conference on migratory species this past week, managing to deliver on several international accords to protect migrating birds, fish and mammals.
