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Melting Men

This Brazilian artist’s work doesn’t last, it melts. And that’s her point.

Arts

For public art installations around the world, São Paulo artist Nele Azevedo casts human figures from ice and then lets them melt. The sight — and sound — of that melting is an experience in “impermanence,” she says.

Margareth Capurro

These mosquitoes could be a weapon against Zika

Science
Sixth-graders at the Leão Machado school in Sao Paulo. School gardens have become a popular way to help kids learn to eat healthier in Brazil.

How schools in Brazil are teaching kids to eat their vegetables

Education
maria da penha

Brazil passes a new law specifically outlawing female homicide — femicide

Justice
Brazilians are traveling to New York City in record numbers and spending lots of money, including a $1500-per-person New Year's Eve party last year designed by Joao Coelho and Clarissa Rezende.

Brazilians are taking New York City by storm — with their cash

Business, Economics and Jobs

Haitian migrants wait in Peruvian border town for chance to enter Brazil

Thousands of Haitians left their country in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake. While many fled to the United States, others made the arduous journey south to Brazil. But after letting in more than 4,000 Haitian migrants, Brazil has toughened its immigration policy. Meanwhile, hundreds more wait at its border for the chance to get in.

The World

Haitian Migrants Wait to Get Into Brazil

Global Politics

Brazil has had a welcoming policy, but now it is setting limits on Haitian migration.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Economy, Climate Change

Eighty percent of New York City’s pollutants come from buildings and 20 percent from transportation. This is a reversal from most cities, which see pollution from transportation rather than high density buildings, explains New York’s Mayor Bloomberg. The mayor is in Sao Paolo, Brazil for a meeting on climate change. “There’s an awful lot that […]

The World

Vice President Joe Biden pushes mass transit spending

Environment

Instead of spending his Earth day out in the wilderness, Vice President Joe Biden held an event at a bus depot in Maryland. The event marks the second time in one week that the Obama administration brought transit policy to the fore.

The World

Brazilian crime show host arrested

Conflict & Justice

A popular television crime show in Brazil has a reputation for being the first to arrive at the scene of crimes. Now police may have found out why. Anchor Marco Werman gets the story from the BBC’s Gary Duffy in Sao Paolo.