Mongabay on MSN1d
In Brazil’s ‘water tank’, communities resist mining to preserve their water and livelihoods
Nature has always been intrinsic to life in Queimadas, a quilombo community located in an environmental buffer zone where the ...
I've traveled to over 60 countries. Here's how I chose where I wanted to live permanently.
Joel Balsam, a 34-year-old Canadian travel writer who has visited more than 60 countries, shares why he decided to live in ...
cjr.org3d
Q&A: Stephen G. Bloom on a Breeding Ground for Expat Journalists in Brazil
In 1979, at the age of twenty-eight, Stephen G. Bloom set out to Rio de Janeiro to work as a foreign correspondent for the ...
US Model, Family Kidnapped At Gunpoint In Brazil, Kept In Remote Shack
A New York-based model, her husband and their 11-year-old child were abducted at gunpoint and held captive in a remote shack ...
Geographical4d
Brazil: key facts about the world’s fifth-largest country
Discover Brazil's vast history – from World Cup wins to political turmoil – along with a deep dive into geography facts, ...
Agribusiness-friendly states in Brazil try to undo forest protections
Several states in Brazil are trying to rid themselves of rainforest protections, bowing to pressures from cattle ranchers and ...
BBC9mon
Life in Brazil's favelas
In 2011, life expectancy in Rio's favelas was found ... A 1995 survey found that almost five million children in Brazil between the ages of 10 and 14 were working. 18% of children in Rocinha ...