Brazil

Today the Brazilian Technical Commission on Biosafety (CTNBio) formally approved an industry request to release genetically engineered (GE) eucalyptus trees.

In Brazil water and electricity go together, and two years of scant rainfall have left tens of millions of people on the verge of water and power rationing.

Some 200,000 peasant farmers still have no plot of their own to farm.

The consequences of drilling new oil wells in deep water will impact Brazil's traditional communities.

Protestors are now waving banners with the words “Fora Dilma” and favoring the same English word “impeachment.”

It seems the southeast has turned into its worst nightmare.

Testimony from jailed operators of Petrobras scandal point to similar corruption scheme involving politicians and major construction firms.

Protesters in Brazil are demanding more as military police violently attempt to control the thousands who have taken to the streets.

The media - not only in Brazil, but in the entire Western World - aren't presenting the facts on Ukrainian civil war.

Investigative reporter Greg Palast discusses “vulture funds,” the eurozone and alternative solutions for Greece's economy.