Inside Story - Big oil gets bigger - 20 Apr 08 - Part 1
Oil prices exceeding $117 a barrel, we ask how far it is likely to continue soaring.
Inside Story - Big oil gets bigger - 20 Apr 08 - Part 2
Oil prices exceeding $117 a barrel, we ask how far it is likely to continue soaring.
Brazil’s missing millions 18-04-2008
Money falling out of the sky sounds like a gift. But when a plane filled with millions of dollars crashed into the middle of a poor Brazilian village, the money became more of a curse. Gabriel Elizondo traveled to the Brazilian village of Maracangaya, where he learned how an apparent blessing has complicated the lives of the already struggling villagers there.
Police declare war on Rio drug traffickers - 02 Jan 08
Police have declared war on drug traffickers in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. The policy by Rio’s new governor to send heavily armed special forces into he city’s notoriously dangerous favelas — or slums — is being applauded by law and order advocates. But as Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman discovered, for those living inside the slums, it looks and feels like a war zone.
Brazil’s sand advance -10 March 08
It’s advancing further and further, burying entire villages in its wake. Deforestation and development are being blamed for the massive sand banks that are changing the landscape along Brazil’s northern coastline. Gabriel Elizondo reports from the northern state of Piaui, where local authorities are struggling to find a solution.