Dozens of Brazilian universities hit by strikes over academic wages

Dozens of Brazilian universities hit by strikes over academic wages

Tensions over university funding in Brazil have been simmering for a while. In January, a Lula administration official visited the University of Brasília and was met by protesters asking for better pay.Credit: Leandro Chemalle/Thenews2/Zuma via Alamy Academic workers, including many professors, are now on strike at more than 60 federal universities across Brazil. Having faced … Read more

Expat grants won’t fix Brazilian research

Expat grants won’t fix Brazilian research

On 16 April, the Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq) announced a bold initiative to combat the brain drain in Brazilian academia. Over five years, the talent-repatriation programme will invest 1 billion reais (US$190 million) into encouraging expatriated scientists to return to Brazil and expanding collaborations with Brazilian researchers overseas. In 2023, more than 35,000 academics … Read more

Danelo Cavalcante, in the opinion of the Brazilian prosecutor, fled from jail in Pennsylvania to be tried in ‘lenient’ Brazil.

Danelo Cavalcante, in the opinion of the Brazilian prosecutor, fled from jail in Pennsylvania to be tried in ‘lenient’ Brazil.

Cavalcante is serving a life sentence in the US for killing someone. He is also accused of killing a man in Brazil, where he can’t get a life term.The judge in charge of Danelo Cavalcante’s murder case in Brazil said he thought the convicted killer was on his way to his home country when he … Read more