You wait for ever for a visually electrifying Brazilian film featuring scenes in a gay cruising ground, then two come along at once. First, the Oscar-nominated The Secret Agent showed nocturnal trysts... Read more »

US PPI, China Q1 GDP, Fed Beige Book, ECB Accounts, Philly Fed, Brazil IBC-Br, Argentina CPI, UK GDP, IMF Meetings Week Overview The post-CPI recalibration week. After last Friday’s expected oil-shock CPI... Read more »

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United States and Iran ended face-to-face talks on Sunday without an agreement, leaving a fragile two-week ceasefire in doubt. U.S. officials said the negotiations collapsed over what they... Read more »

In São Paulo, walls are rarely silent. They carry the visual pulse of one of the most dynamic urban art scenes in the world, layered over decades with graffiti, pixação, murals, and... Read more »

The Caixa World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships Brasilia 26 will break new ground this weekend as the global race walking community gathers in Brazil for a landmark edition of the championships... Read more »

Rio de Janeiro has been without a governor for weeks, and the crisis is no longer just constitutional theater. It is exposing how fragile Brazilian state power can look when crime, fuel... Read more »

The inflation measured by IBGE in March shows an increase in prices and a rise in the cost of living, revealing direct impacts on the Brazilian economy and on families’ financial planning.... Read more »

CU Boulder sociologist Molly Todd finds that community newspapers were vital for people living in Brazil’s favelas during the COVID-19 pandemic When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Rio de Janeiro in early 2020,... Read more »

Images of the iconic blue-and-yellow macaw can be spotted all over Rio de Janeiro. Yet the real thing has been seen so rarely in the Brazilian city that some wondered if it... Read more »