Jan 28 Watch News Wrap: President Obama Talks Gun Violence Prevention With Police Chiefs In other news Monday, President Obama met to talk about gun violence with police chiefs from Aurora, Colo., Oak Creek, Wis., and Newtown, Conn., sites of the three worst mass shootings in 2012. Also, a $50 billion dollar disaster aid… Continue watching
Dec 06 Oscar Niemeyer, Brazil’s Modernist Icon, Dies at 104 Oscar Niemeyer, the architect who shaped Brazil's futuristic capital city Brasilia in the 1950s and '60s with bold, often-voluptuous structures, died late Wednesday in Rio De Janeiro. He was 104. Continue reading
Dec 06 Brazil’s Modernist Legend: Oscar Niemeyer, 1907-2012 By Online DA Oscar Niemeyer, the architect who shaped Brazil's futuristic capital city Brasilia in the 1950s and '60s with his bold, often-voluptuous structures died Wednesday in Rio De Janeiro. He was 104. Continue reading
Jul 30 Watch The Man Behind Brazil’s Booming Economy: Former Brazilian President Cardoso The Man Behind Brazil's Booming Economy: Former Brazilian President Cardoso… Continue watching
Apr 09 Watch U.S., Brazil ‘Disagree More Than They Agree,’ Analyst Says Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's visit to the White House Monday was staged to stress strong ties between the U.S. and Latin America's richest country. Rousseff and President Obama touched on issues of cooperation, including education, energy and trade while ignoring… Continue watching
Nov 17 Watch ‘Waste Land’ Explores Artist’s Use of Garbage to Transform Lives in Brazil The film "Waste Land" follows artist Vik Muniz as he creates portraits of a band of self-designated pickers of recyclable materials in Brazil, using the trash that surrounds them. This excerpt is part of The Economist Film Project series of… Continue watching
Nov 14 Rio Security Forces Storm Major Slum Police invaded Rio de Janeiro's largest slum Sunday, part of a larger effort aimed at cleaning up favelas before the 2014 World Cup. Continue reading
Oct 19 Watch In Brazil’s Slums, Economic Inequality Tackled With Technology Rio de Janeiro's gleaming skyline befits a world economic power, but it is not far from violent, impoverished slums. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on one man's efforts to tackle Brazil's wealth inequality by providing poor people access… Continue watching
Oct 19 India’s Growth Held Back by Overpopulation The population gap between rising economic powers India and Brazil is on display in the countries' largest cities. Continue reading
Sep 22 Watch Girl Effect: Helping Poor Girls Makes Economic Sense Girl Effect: Helping Poor Girls Makes Economic Sense… Continue watching