Brazil is in the third year of its worst recession ever. Three years after a severe financial crisis, the political and economic future of the former Latin American powerhouse looks highly uncertain. There are signs of tentative recovery, but underlying ...

Every minute, an area the size of 50 soccer fields is destroyed in the Amazon Rainforest.  Over the past 40 years, nearly 20% of the forest has been destroyed – an area roughly the size of Alaska. Simply put, in ...