Brazil's Quilombola people, the descendants of Africans who escaped slavery, have lived in the nation's vast Amazon and ...

The Government of Rio Grande do Sul, led by Governor Eduardo Leite, has been a strategic partner since the project's inception, expediting regulatory, energy, and land-use approvals.

The project complements various other World Bank-supported initiatives to build resilience in Rio Grande do Sul, including flood protection in Porto Alegre city, a line of credit for municipal ...

The Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Maryland will celebrate 200 years on April 26 from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture.

Actress Cate Blanchett walks through an area of Cruzeiro do Sul, in Rio Grande do Sul, on a UN mission in Brazil — Foto: Hector Perez/UNHCR/Press release Australian actress Cate Blanchett ...

Mayor of Eldorado do Sul; Gabriel Souza, Vice Governor of Rio Grande do Sul; Ernani Polo, Secretary of Economic Development of Rio Grande do Sul; Ricardo Alves, Deputy Mayor of Eldorado do Sul.

A combination of wet El Niño weather and human-induced climate change were key drivers of the worst flooding event in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state earlier this year. The flooding affected ...

This Emergency Mission, financed by the Heritage Emergency Fund, resulted from a partnership with the Ministry of Culture (MinC) in Brazil and the Rio Grande do Sul State Government. UNESCO is part of ...

Sponsored by the UNESCO Heritage Emergency Fund, the launching was attended by Director and Representative of UNESCO in Brazil, Marlova Jovchelovitch Noleto, the State Secretary of Culture, Beatriz ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In April and May 2024, 90% of Brazil’s state of Rio Grande do Sul was flooded, including the capital city of Porto Alegre (Figure 1 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Danilo José Bruxel faces a difficult task as he surveys a church and a clutch of ruined houses on a ...