Editor of the International section of Estado de Minas, the main daily newspaper of Minas Gerais, Pablo Pires Fernandes reports from the Federative Republic of Brazil, pop. 201,032,714 (est. 2013)... is Brazil exaggerating the Zika virus crisis; national politics still sits uncomfortably with the fallout from the bribery scandals; plus the Mariana mine tragedy has truly created an environmental catastrophe...