Backsliding in Belém Backsliding in Belém
Petrostates at COP30 quash fossil fuel and deforestation phaseouts.
Nov 24, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard
Indigenous Activists to COP30: “We Will Fight to the Death” Indigenous Activists to COP30: “We Will Fight to the Death”
Indigenous people lead COP30 protests against agribusinesses that “want to take everything.”
Nov 17, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard
At COP30, Will Lula Be a Rain Forest Champion? At COP30, Will Lula Be a Rain Forest Champion?
During this term, Brazil’s president has reduced deforestation but he is government is pushing projects that would open up the Amazon to extractivism.
Nov 8, 2025 / Jonathan Watts
Climate Disasters Are Traumatizing Brazil’s Children Climate Disasters Are Traumatizing Brazil’s Children
The generation coming into the world now is expected will face unprecedented extreme weather events throughout their lives.
Nov 3, 2025 / Giovana Girardi
Why We Must Keep Talking About Abortion Pills Why We Must Keep Talking About Abortion Pills
As part of a delegation to Brazil, I saw how our countries’ respective struggles to maintain and expand reproductive justice are really part of the same fight.
Jun 16, 2025 / Regina Mahone
How to Save the Amazon How to Save the Amazon
Listen to the people who live there, the slain journalist Dom Phillips advised.
Jun 12, 2025 / Jonathan Watts
AOC and Democratic Colleagues Learn Lessons From Latin-America’s Resurgent Left AOC and Democratic Colleagues Learn Lessons From Latin-America’s Resurgent Left
A historic delegation of Latino US legislators journeyed into the heart of progressive power in Brazil, Chile, and Colombia.
Aug 22, 2023 / Natalie Alcoba
The Global South’s BRICS Play Should Not Be Dismissed The Global South’s BRICS Play Should Not Be Dismissed
The expansion of the BRICS agenda indicates a hunger for countering the serious shortcomings of the US-led global order.
Aug 17, 2023 / Sarang Shidore
Brazil Is Soccer’s Holy Land—Unless You’re a Woman Brazil Is Soccer’s Holy Land—Unless You’re a Woman
The women’s national team has never won a World Cup—thanks in part to a decades-long legacy of sexist exclusion from the game that's only starting to wane now.
Aug 2, 2023 / Mara Marques Cavallaro
How BRICS Countries Help to Define a Truly New World Order How BRICS Countries Help to Define a Truly New World Order
Its upcoming summit will reveal its growing power.
Jun 27, 2023 / Helena Cobban