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The Amazon is taking a deep breath
A rest for the Amazon The brazilian Amazon is taking a rest. At least a little one. In year 2009 the brazilian tropical forest experienced the lowest deforestion rate of the last 21 years, with ‘only’...
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Why is Brazil growing? And why does it matter?
The new Dilma’s era While Dilma Rouseff assumes as the first female president after eight years of government led by the country’s most popular leader in recent decades, President Lula, Brazil’s...
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Public-private partnerships for development projects: what are they and what...
Definitions To begin questioning the role assumed by Public Private Partnerships (PPP) in the international development landscape and its impact on policy, one should be familiarized with its...
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Choosing between two treasures: Crowdfunding for Yasuní
A treasure hidden beneath the soil… and a moral dilemma Imagine… One day, rummaging in the attic, you make a magnificent discovery. According to the crumbling pages you hold in your hands, there is an...
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Warming up for Bonn and Rio+20: Climate negotiations recap
With the UNFCCC gearing up for its meeting in Bonn later this month and the world preparing for the Rio+20 Conference this June, United Explanations provides a recap of global climate negotiations as a...
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South-South Trade: The Case of Brazil
Why Brazil? Among other things, Amartya Sen argued that freedom to enter markets could be, by itself, an important contribution to development, regardless of what the market system can or cannot do to...
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Falkland Islands or the Malvinas, the eternal dispute
Between April 2 and June 14 1982, exactly 30 years ago, Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands, leading to a short but bloody war between Argentina and the United Kingdom over sovereignty over this...
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Brazil’s municipal elections: How they work, why they matter
On October 7th, 140 million Brazilians will go to the polls to cast a vote on who will run local schools best and who is most competent to ensure health clinics work properly. Decisions range from...
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16 shocking photos of police repression against protesters in São Paulo
“BRAZIL-PROTESTS/” by Semilla Luz, on Flickr On June 3rd, a 20 cent (in Brazilian real) increase in bus fares caused indignation in São Paulo and ended up triggering the confrontations that have taken...
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Current reflections: Sexual violence in Mexico
[Spanish] In 2011, Mexico was ranked the number one country for cases of sexual violence by the United Nations (UN). The UN estimated that 44 percent of women in the country have been the victims of...
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The amber trail: Mining in Chiapas
Photography: Jamie Forde / Words: Hugo Chavez Amber is one of the main sources of income in the small city of San Cristobal de las Casas in the southern state of Chiapas in Mexico. It is also one of...
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World Cup: An opportunity to sweep the dirt under the rug?
According to the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, the World Cup provides an opportunity to push for change. In an analysis of the next World Cup, to be held in Qatar, the report mostly...
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