This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareRIO DE JANEIRO — Investigators are circling. Supporters are turning their backs. Hundreds in his country are of a disease he has . A majority of the people want him gone.As Latin America’s largest country plunges into its gravest and economic crises in a generation, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, the man best positioned to buoy a bewildered people, is floundering — hemmed in by scandal, aggrieved by perceived betrayals, unfocused and contradictory in public pronouncements.His behavior has overlaid the health and...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareRIO DE JANEIRO — Investigators are circling. Supporters are turning their backs. Hundreds in his country are of a disease he has . A majority of the people want him gone.As Latin America’s largest country plunges into its gravest and economic crises in a generation, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, the man best positioned to buoy a bewildered people, is floundering — hemmed in by scandal, aggrieved by perceived betrayals, unfocused and contradictory in public pronouncements.His behavior has overlaid the health and...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareWhen the president of Viela da Harmonia walks down the street, her constituents take note. An elderly neighbor needs groceries. A mother is looking for diapers. Another family asks for soap.Just weeks ago, Laryssa da Silva didn’t know where her next meal would come from. Now the 24-year-old single mother is responsible for making sure the 70 families who live on her street survive Brazil’s coronavirus outbreak.Da Silva is one of 400 new “street presidents” in Paraisópolis, responsible for helping her neighbors in São...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareWhen the president of Viela da Harmonia walks down the street, her constituents take note. An elderly neighbor needs groceries. A mother is looking for diapers. Another family asks for soap.Just weeks ago, Laryssa da Silva didn’t know where her next meal would come from. Now the 24-year-old single mother is responsible for making sure the 70 families who live on her street survive Brazil’s coronavirus outbreak.Da Silva is one of 400 new “street presidents” in Paraisópolis, responsible for helping her neighbors in São...WW…

This article was published more than 3 years agoCommentGift ShareRIO DE JANEIRO — It washed ashore in early September, thick globs of oil that appeared from out of nowhere and defied explanation. In the weeks since, the mysterious sludge, the largest spill in Brazil’s history, has tarred more than 1,000 miles of shoreline, polluted some of the country’s most beautiful beaches and killed all sorts of marine life.But despite the time that has passed — and the damage done — the most important questions remain unanswered. Where is the oil coming from? And how can it be stopped?The...…This article was published more than 3 years agoCommentGift ShareRIO DE JANEIRO — It washed ashore in early September, thick globs of oil that appeared from out of nowhere and defied explanation. In the weeks since, the mysterious sludge, the largest spill in Brazil’s history, has tarred more than 1,000 miles of shoreline, polluted some of the country’s most beautiful beaches and killed all sorts of marine life.But despite the time that has passed — and the damage done — the most important questions remain unanswered. Where is the oil coming from? And how can it be stopped?The...WW…