Brazil

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The COVID-19 pandemic has escalated into a ‘syndemic’ for people with chronic illnesses, a new UNSW study analysing data from low and middle-income countries shows.

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Brazil's changing fortunes won't stop Rio from shining at the Olympics, writes Tim Harcourt.

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As the world’s sixth-largest economy and with the spotlight on it from 2014 to 2016, Brazil is now just too big for Australia to ignore, writes Tim Harcourt.

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Brazil’s key fundamentals, including its sheer size and vast ecological wealth, keep it firmly in the “too big to ignore” camp, writes Tim Harcourt.

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We have a new wave of overseas students from a new frontier, South America, with Brazil at the forefront, writes Tim Harcourt.