A third nuclear plant is to be built in Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro state, after 23 years. The construction will start over the next few weeks, according to Othon Luiz Pinheiro da Silva, president of Electronuclear, the state......more
Natalia Viana in Brazil: April 2009 Archives
Scrap collectors and the crisis
The current financial crisis has found its way to unimaginable places. While most Brazilians remain optimistic – after all the crisis was created far, far away from here by economies much more dependant on the financial markets – the fact......more
Rio moves to wall off its slums
Several new walls are being built around the slums in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. Eleven kilometres of Concrete walls 3.5 metres high are being built in about 40 slums to protect native forests. Authorities say they want......more
Natalia Viana in Brazil:
Natalia Viana is an investigative journalist who lives in São Paulo, Brazil. A freelance writer and producer, she tries to...