Matt Sandy

Brazil Risks Being Overwhelmed by Coronavirus

Despite implementing social distancing measures nearly two months ago, Brazil's COVID-19 infection rate is still rising sharply

Brazil's Governors Oppose President on Virus

“He is putting people’s lives at risk”

The Amazon Rain Forest Is Nearly Gone. We Went to the Front Lines to See If It Could Be Saved

Bearing Witness as Brazil's Amazon Burns

A crimson fire, shadowed by billows of dark smoke, lights up the night horizon of the Amazon rainforest as a wooden crucifix and a lone tree trunk resist the blaze. The scene was captured by...

Brazil Rejoices and Trembles at Bolsonaro Victory

"There will be high tensions"

Brazil Wakes Up to the Reality of a Bolsonaro Presidency

“It is important for the establishment to hear this message”

Jair Bolsonaro Loves Trump, Hates Gay People and Admires Autocrats. He Could Be Brazil's Next President

On the wall of Jair Bolsonaro’s office in a modernist annex of Brazil’s Congress hang five faded black-and-white portraits. They are memoirs of a time many Brazilians would prefer to forget, when military generals ruled...

Brazil Judge's Death Sparks Conspiracy Theories

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Teori Zavascki had recently received threats, his son said

Dilma Rousseff's Impeachment Is the Start of Brazil's Crisis—Not the End

'People will disagree about this for a generation'

Rio de Janeiro's Mayor Has No Worries About the Olympics

'I want to be king of Rio'

Rio de Janeiro's Forgotten Legacy of Slavery Shadows the Olympics

More than 2 million slaves came through Rio de Janeiro

Brazil's Impeached President Dilma Rousseff Ponders Her Past — and Her Future

"What you cannot do is sell your soul"

Amid Crises, Rio Readies for its Olympics Closeup

On the afternoon seven years ago when Rio de Janeiro was named the first South American city to host the Olympics, thousands of cariocas–the Portuguese name for Rio’s locals–stormed the storied Copacabana Beach in an...

Brazil's Rousseff Speaks on Impeachment and Olympics

'I have the conviction that I can win'

Brazil's Deepening Crisis Could Rescue Dilma Rousseff

Interim president Michel Temer's troubles could save her from impeachment

Brazil Votes to Impeach President Dilma Rousseff

180 days of uncertainty

Meet the Man Who Would Be Brazil's Next President

Vice-President Michel Temer is poised to take over should Dilma Rousseff be impeached—and he could take Brazil in a different direction

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff Moves Closer to Impeachment

Some of Rousseff's oldest allies are abandoning her as the possibility of impeachment nears

Brazil's President Prepares for Impeachment Battle

A key congressional committee voted to recommend that impeachment proceedings against Dilma Rousseff continue

The Rio Olympics Could Be the Next Victim of Brazil's Corruption Scandal

A massive corruption investigation is reaching into construction deals done for the already troubled Rio 2016 Olympics