While Brazil’s president fights social distancing, its public health system is fighting the pandemic
Brazil’s public health movement transformed the country’s constitution and its bureaucracy. Can it protect citizens from the pandemic?
In Latin America, coronavirus threatens not just public health, but also democracy
Shaky economies are likely to get worse
Brazil’s HIV/AIDS policies proved a success. But here are the new challenges.
Continued, sustained advocacy by civic activists may be critical to the AIDS fight.
The Amazon isn’t the only forest that’s burning. Can consumer pressure stop the destruction?
Some certification schemes may just be “greenwashing”
Brazil’s new leaders are challenging the tradition of participatory democracy. Here’s why.
At risk are councils that focus on the disabled, environment, child labor, public security and LGBT issues.
Bashar al-Assad’s international rehabilitation has begun
[caption id="attachment_82196" align="aligncenter" width="960"] In this Sept. 1, 2013, photo,