This is the corner of piauí’s website where you can read a selection of articles translated into English – on topics both Brazilian and international – and get a sense for the magazine’s style and voice. Updated periodically.
in English
decolonial issues
Dinosaur fossil Ubirajara returns to Brazil
How a Brazilian fossil smuggled to a German museum and now returned to Brazil became paleontology’s decolonization mascot
Bernardo Estevesannals of law
“Clear the books”
What happened when investigators knocked on the door of one of Brazil's largest law firms
Ana Clara Costaannals of a world gone awry
A note on three presidents, two bombs, and the end of the world
João Moreira Salles
diplomatic affairs
The Silent Partner
Biden wants distance from Bolsonaro – but also wants Brazil aligned against China
Brian Winterbusiness in africa
The Billionaire behind the Vale
Who is the Israeli businessman, involved in an international corruption case, trying to drag the Brazilian mining company into it with him?
Consuelo DieguezThe world without the Amazon
A climate model predicts the effects of turning the forest into cattle pastures: 25% less rain in Brazil and higher temperatures, with “catastrophic” consequences for agriculture and energy production
João Moreira Salles e Bernardo EstevesSix conclusions about a model of the world without the Amazon
The price that Brazil and the world will pay if the forest continues to be cut down so that livestock can graze
Bernardo Esteves e João Moreira Sallesmore stories
Risk contract
How Vale signed a deal to bear all the costs of an obscure multi-billion-dollar mining project in Guinea
The favela and its moment
UPPs and infrastructure investments seem to be the last nail in the coffin for the old sweeping favela-removal projects. While so often seen as problems with no solution, favelas can become part of the solution to the city's problems
After the 4-0
Santos’ defeat by Barcelona, besides being traumatic, is a watershed; it explains the crisis of Brazilian football and the poverty of our current football culture
The island laboratory
Three years after a devastating financial collapse, Iceland is held up as a model by European protestors, renowned economists and international organizations. With Europe on the brink of collapse, can we really learn anything from its example?
My pain doesn’t make the papers
In 2008, when I was a photographer for the newspaper O Dia, I went to live undercover in a favela for a report on the drug militias. I was discovered, humiliated, and tortured. I lost my wife, my children, my friends, my house, Rio, the sun, the beach, soccer, everything.
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