Activist asbestos inspector faces threats, industry backlash

By Jim Morris and Marcelo Soares

Official endures threats, ostracism – and now a lawsuit for activism

Excerpts from this story referencing "São Paulo":

"… l, long tied to cancer and asbestosis. Asbestos products arebanned in São Paulo state, where Giannasi is based, and three other states in Brazil, but they …"

Exporting an epidemic

By Jim Morris

Human toll reaches millions as asbestos industry expands worldwide

The Brockovich of Brazil

By Jim Morris

Fernanda Giannasi fights a potent asbestos industry

Excerpts from this story referencing "São Paulo":

"… , lies in places like Osasco, a graffiti-scarred, blue-collar city west of São Paulo and home to Brazil’s most notorious asbestos cement factory for 54 years …"

"… ine-seeking provocateur; they’ve restricted her inspection activities to São Paulo state even though she is a federal official. “Every day is a problem,” …"

"… an octopus,” Giannasi says. Only four of Brazil’s 26 states, including São Paulo, have enacted asbestos bans. Asked about Giannasi’s campaign, a SAMA off …"

"… at the army headquarters across from her family’s house in northeastern São Paulo state. The repression that defined that era and the progressive leanings o …"

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Investigative journalists gather in Brazil

By Marina Walker Guevara

Elections, sports, and the environment will be the big three topics on the table when Brazilian journalists and their international peers ga

Caught between competing interests in Brazil

By Fernando Rodrigues and Marcelo Soares

Plentiful oil, politics, in addition to fast growth, all making it tough to reduce carbon emissions

Excerpts from this story referencing "São Paulo":

"… lt layer of the Atlantic Ocean some three miles deep and 200 miles off the São Paulo coast. That was on May 1, the Labor Day holiday in Brazil. Months before, …"

"… why wouldn’t Brazil?” asked Fábio Feldman, a consultant who runs the São Paulo State Forum on Global Climate Change, an organization created by the state …"

"… r.On the other side of the table is FIESP, the Federation of Industries of São Paulo State. The most powerful business association in Brazil, FIESP includes 13 …"

"… “Rapist of the Pantanal.”Fernando Rodrigues a senior reporter for the São Paulo daily Folha de S.Paulo. Marcelo Soares is a freelance reporter based …"

Smuggling made easy

Landlocked Paraguay emerges as a top producer of contraband tobacco
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When cracking down seems impossible

By Marina Walker Guevara and Mabel Rehnfeldt

Paraguay's corruption fuels a criminal economy

International Consortium Adds 41 Investigative Journalists

41 Journos join ICIJ

Excerpts from this story referencing "Gerard Ryle":

"… expansion of an already stellar team of journalists,” said ICIJ Director Gerard Ryle. “It is notable that in this group of dedicated professionals are courag …"

Asbestos deaths bring 16-year sentence

By Jim Morris

In a case followed around the world, two former business executives were convicted in Italy of manslaughter in 3,000 deaths