The Latest Breaking News from Brazil

July NY world sugar #11 (SBN25 ) today is down -0.15 (-0.90%), and August London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ25 ) is down -3.00 (-0.64%). Sugar prices today extended their two-month-long selloff, with NY sugar falling to a nearly 4-year nearest-futures low and London sugar sliding to a 4-1/2-month low....

July arabica coffee (KCN25 ) today is up +13.60 (+3.93%), and July ICE robusta coffee (RMN25 ) is up +101 (+2.26%). Coffee prices today are sharply higher, with arabica posting a 1-week high. Today's rally in the Brazilian real (^USDBRL ) to a 3-week high against the dollar has sparked...

Despite serving as crucial guardians of biodiversity, traditional communities continue to be systematically excluded from developing and managing protected areas. This often subtle, silent exclusion has fueled persistent, complex socio-environmental conflicts, harming both conservation and the welfare of Indigenous peoples, riverside populations, Afro-Brazilian quilombola communities, and smallholder farmers.

Alexsandro’s road to the top was tough – picking through rubbish, jobs on building sites and being rejected by almost every club in Brazil – but he would not let his family down