/newsroom/taxonomy/term/448/all en /newsroom/channels/news/dji-and-mcgill-go-live-fish-forest-project-261941 <p>DJI is proud to present, together with Canada's ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ and Brazil's Federal University of Pará - Altamira Campus, the Fish + Forest Project. Tune in to watch a special livestream from the Amazonian Xingu River in northern Brazil, a home to up to 600 unique species of fish, many found nowhere else, narrated by experts in the river's flora and fauna.You will also have the opportunity to ask questions live on Twitter.</p> Fri, 05 Aug 2016 12:46:03 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 26064 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/brazil-2016-politics-olympics-games-and-zika-261105 <h4><a href="/politicalscience/faculty/oxhorn">Philip Oxhorn</a>, Political Science, Founding Director of the Institute for the Study of International Development, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥</h4> <p>Professor Oxhorn is an expert in democracy, economic development and Latin American Comparative Politics. He can comment on social, political, and economic angles.</p> <p><a href="mailto:philip.oxhorn%40mcgill.ca"><span class="spamspan"><span class="u">philip.oxhorn</span> [at] <span class="d">mcgill.ca</span></span></a> (English, Spanish)</p> Wed, 01 Jun 2016 19:46:42 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 25932 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-impeachment-brazilian-president-260450 <p>Brazilian legislators voted on Sunday night to approve impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, the nation’s first female president. (<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/18/world/americas/brazil-dilma-rousseff-impeachment-vote.html">The New York Times</a>)</p> Mon, 18 Apr 2016 15:01:07 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 25735 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/zika-virus-258147 <p>"A new virus invading parts of Central and South America and now the Caribbean is causing concern among people living in and travelling to infected countries. Transmitted by the aggressive Aedes mosquito, the Zika virus has spread to at least 23 countries and will likely infect tens of millions of people in a few short years." (<a href="http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/zika-virus-and-birth-defects-pregnant-women-warned-against-travelling-south-1.2753473">CTV News</a>)</p> Wed, 27 Jan 2016 14:07:06 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 25164 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/protests-brazil-254574 <p> Mon, 17 Aug 2015 16:08:28 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 24413 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/brazil-presidential-elections-239349 Sun, 05 Oct 2014 12:55:43 +0000 raphael.larocque-cyr@mcgill.ca 21206 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-experts-brazils-presidential-election-239214 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 19:14:19 +0000 raphael.larocque-cyr@mcgill.ca 21178 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-experts-2014-fifa-world-cup-brazil-236880 Fri, 30 May 2014 14:46:43 +0000 raphael.larocque-cyr@mcgill.ca 20815 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-experts-social-tension-ahead-world-cup-236724 Wed, 21 May 2014 14:48:20 +0000 raphael.larocque-cyr@mcgill.ca 20775 at /newsroom