Brazilians are obsessed with cleanliness, but they're not so big on doing the dirty work themselves – Brazil has more domestic workers than anywhere else in the world. Once an unregulated industry, a new law has given its 7.2 million workers rights. And services are popping up to help organise the help.

In the past five years, 210,000 people in São Paulo swapped their houses for flats. The idea of buying into an estate is increasingly appealing to people across backgrounds, ages and classes, but why are they choosing to make their homes in condos rather than traditional houses?

Grabbing the attention of both Brazilian barbecue chefs and amateur pitmasters alike, the Tramontina cookware line has created The Bible of Barbecue. Each page of the book is made to be used or destroyed in the process of creating an authentic Brazilian grilling experience.

With a population of 200 million, Brazil is one of the biggest internet markets in the world, hosting scores of companies devoted to social media, digital advertising, e-commerce and other online businesses. But when it comes to finding tech-talent, the country falls short.