Brazil is Latin America's largest and most diverse economy.
This publication supplies an unequalled, objective insight into this complex country. We focus on what the power-rationing scheme could mean for the economy. Finally, we return once again to the vexed question of the rate of deforestation of the Amazon , which has been the subject of much controversy in recent months. The latest figures, from Brazil's space research institute, are not encouraging. Of the 300,000 children studied for the ILO report, which was coordinated by Brazilian economist Lena Lavinas, hardly any failed to attend school regularly.