International Relations in India & Beyond
Ricardo Galvão, the former director of Brazil’s space and climate-monitoring agency, left his position earlier this month after defending scientific findings that showed that the world’s largest tropical rainforest is undergoing a sharp increase in deforestation. ...
Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, the world’s largest tropical forest, is experiencing a record number of wildfires, according to the country’s space research centre Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), a record number of 72,843 fires...
According to a recent poll published on Wednesday, Brazilian President Bolsonaro is backed by over half of the population, signalling his popular support is continuing up despite all the controversies. According to the poll,...
Brazil’s right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro said “there is no doubt” that Nazism was a leftist movement, just after visiting Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial and museum. Bolsonaro’s remarks directly contradicted information on the museum’s...
Ten days after Brazil’s right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro took office, dozens of men entered protected indigenous land in a remote corner of the Amazon, hacking a pathway beneath the jungle canopy. Inspired by Brazilian...
Brazil, the largest country in Latin America and endowed with abundant natural and vibrant human resources, was closest to its Tryst with Destiny during the golden years of Lula’s Presidency in the period 2003-11.
“The faithful patriot” military deployment, ordered by President Trump to shield the south border of the United States with Mexico is an example of how long the current American administration is willing to go...
Brazil’s newly elected leader Jair Bolsonaro assuming office from January 1st is a far-right – evangelical Christian who is forthrightly anti-abortion, anti-LGBTQ, pro-gun, anti-immigrant and a firm advocator of military rule. Thus, earning himself...
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil’s top court on Tuesday spared leading presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro from having to stand trial for racism, less than a week after the far-right politician was injured in...
However, these are not the last of the Venezuelans’ problems; the nations to whom the refugees sought to escape to are closing their doors on their faces – literally. Sunday saw Ecuador closing border crossings with Colombia to people who don’t have passports. This was seen as a certain way to reduce the bulk of refugees from entering other countries as passports are fairly difficult to obtain amidst the economic and political chaos.
