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Why South Korea and Ghana have fared better than the UK, Brazil and India.
Almost a third of legislatures had no direct oversight over the initial responses to the pandemic.
A study of the historical records describing African slaves in Brazil yields some unexpected findings.
A race-changing scandal raises suspicion about the motivations of 4,580 newly elected city council members and mayors who only recently began to identify as Black.
Deforestation in Brazil recently reached a 12-year high, prompting France to cut soybean imports from the country.
A 1904 revolt against mandatory smallpox inoculation taught Brazilian health officials a deadly lesson on how to vaccinate a skeptical public. Today President Bolsonaro seems to ignore that history.
Many countries, ranging from Hungary to Brazil, are using violence and legal measures to control, intimidate and shut down independent organizations – including foreign ones.
The 2018 murder of Rio city councilwoman Marielle Franco inspired record numbers of Black women to get involved in politics. Winning proved harder – but it isn’t the only point of their campaigns.
Our research identified three key lessons.
A new study shows how economic shocks caused by cuts to import tariff cuts in the 1990s is linked to the rise of populism in Brazil.
Herd immunity has entered the everyday language, but it is a much misunderstood term.
Forest that has been disturbed – but not cleared – by logging or fire can be hard to spot from satellites.
The proposed EU-Mercosur deal would guarantee cheap beef and lock in further deforestation. But our new research shows it is possible to transform trade for the better.
The COVID-19 vaccine is in the final stages of testing – meaning we should know whether it’s effective before the end of the year.
Fires that burn the forest burn crops and pastures alike. But farmers in the eastern Amazon are left with few good options.
Latin America now has about 6 million COVID-19 cases – 30% of the global total. But some cities have fared much worse than others, largely due to the quality of government and community responses.
Symbols of the Confederacy can be seen in Brazil, Ireland, Germany and beyond. While some people may not grasp their racist history, others clearly fly the ‘rebel flag’ to defend white supremacy.
The Bolsonaro government cannot simply allow Brazil’s out-of-control coronavirus pandemic to decimate its Indigenous population, Brazil’s Supreme Court says.
He once called it a ‘little flu’ – now Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, has tested positive for COVID-19.
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Executive Director of the Stone Center for Latin American Studies, Tulane University; King's College London
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Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow na Bosch Academy e Co-fundador, Instituto Igarapé; Princeton University
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Professor of Conservation Science, Lancaster University
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Senior Lecturer in Latin American Politics, University of Liverpool
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PhD Candidate in Law, King's College London
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Professor Emeritus of Latin American Studies and Geography, University of Florida
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Professor of AfroEurasian Sport, EM Lyon Business School
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Moran Professor of Conservation and Development, University of Cambridge
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Associate Professor of Brazilian Studies, Florida International University
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Researcher in Ecology, Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA); Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa)
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Senior Economist, IMD World Competitiveness Center, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
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Reader in Ecology and Conservation Biology, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of Modern Latin America History, University of Denver
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Professor, African, African American, and Diaspora Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill