Elon Musk’s Starlink has announced a partnership with the Brazilian government to operate satellites in the Amazon rainforest. The billionaire claims Starlink, a space-based system to bring internet ...

This story originally appeared in NACLA on Aug. 2, 2023. It is reprinted here with permission. In Araçuaí, a small city in southeastern Brazil an eight-hour drive from the nearest international ...

CATANDUVA, Brazil, Oct 28 (Reuters) - The small city of Catanduva in the rural farm belt of Sao Paulo state has been ahead of the political curve in Brazil. In 1996, the city elected leftist Felix ...

SAO PAULO(AP) — Brazil's banks will be required to verify official satellite deforestation data before approving rural credit beginning on Wednesday in the South American country. Under the new rule, ...

More than three decades after the end of authoritarian military rule in Brazil, extreme inequality in the countryside has hardly changed. Inequality, especially in land tenure, is a structural trait ...

Brazil should be well placed to benefit from renewed interest in forestry projects, but the country’s restrictive land laws could lead foreign investment to flow elsewhere. On paper, Brazil should be ...

Visit Ceará, home to Brazil's most important religious shrine. A small state in Brazil's dry northeast, Ceará is home to a variety of traditions not found in the rest of the vast country. The inland ...

Mongabay has begun publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish, English and Portuguese. Author Timothy J. Killeen is an ...

The proportion of Internet users in rural areas grew in Brazil compared to the period before the pandemic, but fast connections and computers are still lacking, according to a new survey published by ...

The Armorial Ensemble, featuring Marcello Linhos on the viola caipira and vocals, Nelson Latif on 7-string guitar, and Marcelo Lima on mandolin, will perform in Wilkes-Barre on April 21. The Armorial ...