Brazil has come an incredibly long way in terms of economic growth and political stability, said Fernando de Mello Barreto, the consul general of Brazil in Boston, in a talk yesterday titled “Brazil Today” at the University...

Deep in the Amazon rainforest, the community of Assis, Brazil is plagued by contaminated water sources and inadequate means of sanitation. As a part of the Chico Mendes Extractivist Reserve, this community of rubber tap...