B¨¢rbara N¨®brega is a journalist born in northeastern Brazil and has been based in Rio de Janeiro for the past 10 years. She graduated from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). With extensive experience in world news, she has worked as an economics reporter for O GLOBO, a reporter/editor for world and local news at Agence France-Presse (AFP), and currently serves as an international news editor at Globonews, Brazil's leading all-news TV broadcaster. She has also covered sports for HBS (Host Broadcast Services) and OBS (Olympic Broadcast Services). Her main interests include international conflicts, politics, gender issues, environmental science, and culture.