Oct 18 Watch 1:55 Organizers scrap viral tests of Rio’s sewage-filled waters ahead of Olympics By PBS News Hour The organizers of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, said this week they do not plan to test the human sewage-laden waterways that will be home to aquatic events for viruses that athletes fear could make them… Continue watching
Sep 20 Watch 9:31 Shadowed by fear and violence: One student’s story from a Rio slum By PBS News Hour Since 2003, PBS has followed children from different countries as part of the documentary series "Time for School." In this second installment, hear the story of Jefferson Narciso from Rocinha, one of Rio de Janeiro's poorest and violent neighborhoods. Shy… Continue watching
Jun 30 Brazil aims to curb deforestation as part of climate pledge By Josh Lederman, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Brazil pledged Tuesday to restore millions of acres of forests and expand renewable energy use, as the United States and Brazil worked to build momentum toward a budding global climate treaty. Continue reading
Jun 29 Obama, Rousseff aim to show they’ve moved past spy scandal By Darlene Superville and Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama and Brazilian leader Dilma Rousseff will aim to show they have smoothed over tensions sparked by a spying scandal, as they open two days of talks at the White House Monday. Continue reading
Jun 26 Small expectations between two big countries during Brazil’s official trip By Michael D. Mosettig As official visits go, it has been an inauspicious scene-setting for next week's trip of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to the United States and a Tuesday meeting with President Barack Obama. Continue reading
Jun 10 5 things you need to know about the $2 billion corruption scandal roiling Brazil By Marina Lopes For years, executives at Brazil’s state-owned oil giant, Petrobras, took $2 billion in bribes as part of a massive scheme that implicated hundreds of middlemen, congressmen and politicians, prosecutors allege. Last week, the company made a rare… Continue reading
Jun 06 Photos: Amazon River overflows into Brazil’s streets By News Desk A branch of the Amazon River called the Rio Solimoes overflowed this week due to heavy rains and flooding, and rose high into the streets of Anama, in the Amazonas state of Brazil, according to Reuters. Continue reading
Jun 02 Video: First 3-D bird fossil of South America discovered in Brazil By Nsikan Akpan Paleontologists have stumbled upon a bird fossil in Brazil that is so well preserved its long tail feathers have possibly retained their original color and spots. Continue reading
Apr 05 Watch 1:51 ‘Water is not rubbish’: Rio art exhibit uses trash to fix pollution problem ahead of Olympics By PBS News Hour An art exhibition in Rio de Janeiro called Achados da Guanabara (Found in Guanabaraa) is trying to call attention to the city's pollution problem a year before the 2016 Summer Olympics by putting trash from a major bay on display… Continue watching
Mar 31 In Brazil’s favelas, being a statistic is actually a good thing By Larisa Epatko Thiago Oliveira grew up in a Rio de Janeiro slum, where fighting between gangs was fierce. He decided to leave gang life and got a job surveying the needs of his neighborhood. Continue reading