Despite economic crisis and political instability in Brazil, the number of Brazilian language students abroad increased 20% in 2018, agencies report.

An English course for underprivileged teenagers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will be the first project financed by Bayswater Foundation, the charity arm of Bayswater Education.

Middle East-based education agency Yes Atlas will directly serve its first non-Arabic-speaking audience as it opens its first offices in Latin America.

Australia’s ELICOS sector is heading for another record year for enrolment number, but overall growth is flat, and the gap between where students are coming from and where they are going is widening.

Jair Bolsonaro's election as Brazil’s president is seen as a boost for the nation's ELT industry, stakeholders told The PIE News. The far-right former military captain is expected to stabilise exchange rates and attract international investment, in turn attracting students. 

Global Access Through Education made its return to the largest nation in Latin America with its international education fairs in São Paulo.

ICEF has celebrated its tenth year of agent workshops in Latin America with a two-day event in Brazil attracting agents and institutions.

Brazilian HEIs offered more than 1,000 EMI courses in the first semester of 2018 – up from 671 in 2016 – according to a report by FAUBAI and British Council.