How the pandemic is rapidly restructuring Brazilian politics

The criminal complaint against the American journalist needs to be understood in the context of a broader political struggle.

A dispatch from Pope Francis’s efforts to combat climate change—and to give a diminished Church a new indigenous face

Multinational mining giant Vale S.A.'s dam near the Brazilian town of Brumadinho broke in January, flooding the area with toxic mudslides. These are the stories of those who survived.

The private sector has long been the bad guy in environmental stories. But with Brazil's president overseeing rapid deforestation, big companies could get a second act as eco-champions.

Raise the stakes for Brazil’s president—and work with the nation's people, not against them.

Aggressive reforestation will be required to stem climate change—and that includes the United States.

Supporting indigenous people's projects could be more effective than trying to persuade the openly dismissive Brazilian government.

In Brazil, a struggle over the future of the Amazon is taking place. The struggle will have global impact.

After another two nights of Democratic debates, the 2020 field has spent little time on some of the presidency's most consequential challenges.

Anyone who says otherwise isn't taking climate change seriously.

Pope Francis's latest amendment to Catholic doctrine connects to other policies he's promoted in the past.

In a paranoid age, the corroboration provided by The Intercept's latest exposé is unusual.

The former Peruvian president, who killed himself on Wednesday, was among a broader trend of leftist leaders drifting toward the center—and toward corruption.

Thanks to Trump and the Russia investigation, the liberal network is booming. But is it selling its viewers a conspiratorial fantasy?

The Brazilian president has hitched his wagon to the tweeter-in-chief's flickering star—and Trump has lent American legitimacy to an aspiring dictator.

Edir Macedo has a church, a bank, a TV channel, and a Moses complex. And with the election of Jair Bolsonaro, he has emerged as the country’s most controversial kingmaker.

The many varieties of misery in the dazzling short stories of Machado de Assis

Nicolás Maduro has presided over a humanitarian nightmare. But there are huge risks to dabbling in regime change.

Brazil's history of military rule makes Bolsonaro more dangerous than the average strongman.