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São Paulo – The Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff said this Monday (28th) in her opening speech at the 70th United Nations General Assembly, in New York, that Brazil is a welcoming, multi-ethnical country that is looking forward to welcoming refugees who leave their...

Even before Brazil announced its COP 21 target has already made impressive strides in reducing deforestation and its associated emissions, achieving an average decline in deforestation of 16 per cent a year from 2005-2014.

Both targets will be measured against a 2005 baseline.

The world’s seventh biggest greenhouse gas polluter said it would cut its emissions by 37 percent by 2025 from 2005 levels by reducing deforestation and boosting the share of renewable sources in its energy mix.

The Brazilian currency had opened stronger Friday, then weakened steadily as markets began to digest Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen’s comments Thursday evening that the USA economy is strong enough to support higher interest rates.

A political crisis threatens President Dilma Rousseff.

As Gulherme Boulos, representative for Brazil’s Homeless Workers Movement (MTST), said his group is not blindly supportive of President Rousseff, but does not view replacing her with right-wing alternatives as a viable solution.

Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Brazil to call for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff amid a growing corruption scandal.