video Brazil's ambitious anti-poverty initiative engages its youngest citizens Andrea James

military Could Brazil become a military dictatorship once again? Seamus Bellamy

music Burning hot Portuguese cover of Sade's "Sweetest Taboo" David Pescovitz

uk Teachers on four continents stage mass strikes Cory Doctorow

brazil A flooded river turns a jungle path into a crystal clear underwater world Rusty Blazenhoff

Business Haribo: sweetened with forced labor and abused animals Cory Doctorow

Kids Watch a waterfall suck swimmers through a rock into a cave Andrea James

guns Why did this man pull a gun on someone else in a snack bar? Rob Beschizza

brazil Brazil's Lula found guilty of corruption and money laundering, sentenced to 9.5 years in prison Xeni Jardin

corruption The Malta Files: a European version of the Panama Papers, revealing a global web of corruption Cory Doctorow

crime In Paraguay, the "heist of the century" is blamed on a notorious Brazilian prison-gang Cory Doctorow

crime Hackers hijacked a bank's DNS and spent 5 hours raiding its customers' accounts Cory Doctorow

politics The neoliberal politicians who impeached Brazil's president and took over are imploding in spectacular corruption scandals Cory Doctorow

privacy Brazilian domestic spies use Tinder to infiltrate protest movements Cory Doctorow

corruption Black Lives Matter in Rio, too Cory Doctorow

brazil Brazilian police killing often as Olympic games loom Rob Beschizza

corruption The Olympics are profitable for every host city (that lies about the numbers) Cory Doctorow

corruption Rio: your quadrennial reminder that the Olympics colonize host-states with Orwellian surveillance and human rights abuses Cory Doctorow

corruption After a coup, a judgment: Brazil's "interim president" barred from holding office for 8 years Cory Doctorow

politics Brazil judge orders WhatsApp blocked for 72 hours, affecting 100 million people Xeni Jardin