In an AS/COA interview, Brazilian CEO Jair Ribeiro discusses Partners in Education, a program targeting one of Brazil’s most pressing issues—the quality of education. Through the program’s model, business leaders adopt and boost management of individual schools in the São Paulo area.

Just months after the appointment of a new environment minister, Brazil takes new strides to rein in deforestation.

Brazil’s Helio Mattar, who serves as the president of the Akatu Institute for Conscious Consumption and founded the Ethos Institute for Social Responsibility talks about the corporate social responsibility movement in Brazil and across the Americas.

Held in São Paulo, this roundtable discussion brought together leading corporate and non-profit representatives as well as academics to discuss the evolution of CSR and best practices, with a focus on Brazil. The program coincided with the AS/COA Latin American Cities Conference.

AS/COA's annual Latin American Cities Conference in São Paulo brought together high-level officials and leading experts to discuss Brazil’s growing economic and political heft as well as the challenges posed by the recent global economic slowdown. 

As an opening speaker at the 2008 Latin American Cities Conference in São Paulo, AS/COA President Susan Segal highlighted Brazil's increasing importance worldwide, comparing it with Asian giants and emphasizing its role in promoting global trade talks.

Henrique Meirelles, Presidente do Banco Central do Brasil, fez um pronunciamentio na conferência e anual do Americas Society e Council of the Americas realizada em São Paulo no dia 10 de julho. O presidente exaltou importância do banco em controlar a inflacão neste período de intensa volatilidade global.