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A protester holds a sign reading "Bolsonaro out" at a protest in Brasília

Brazilians Take to the Streets to Protest Half a Million Deaths from Covid

Protesters took to the streets across Brazil on Saturday to demand President Jair Bolsonaro’s ...

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Perched on a platform 20ft above the bar sat a bedraggled man hunched over a pipe organ, the like of which might have graced a cathedral. Illustration by Gareth Mason

The Adventures of a Bored Journalist in the Magical Lands of Brazil and Latin America

With a population of more than 2.5 million, Manaus is by far the largest ...

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Gareth Mason
A painting of a woman lying in bed next to a man. Heritage Images/Hilton Fine Art Collection via Getty Images

Why Women’s Casual Sex Is Seen So Negatively by Male and Female?

F. Scott Fitzgerald famously called the Roaring Twenties – which happened on the heels ...

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Jaimie Arona Krems and Michael Varnum
Members of the Uru-eu-wau-wau stand at the edge of their territory. Image courtesy of the Uru-eu-wau-wau

How an Amazon Tribe in Brazil Took Control of Their Own Story and Escaped Covid

When the Uru-eu-wau-wau were first contacted in 1981, disease and death followed shortly thereafter. ...

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Alejandro Smith
Supporters of sex workers' rights marched in Las Vegas in 2019. AP Photo/John Locher

Internet Expanded Sex Work from Finding Sugar Daddy to Selling Used Panties

More people are getting involved in more types of sex work, especially with the ...

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Angela Jones
A federal police operation in 2017 targeted environmental crimes in Mato Grosso do Sul. Courtesy of Brazil's Federal Police.

Land Invasions More than Double in Brazil. Majority of Victims Are Indians

Land conflicts in Brazil hit 1,576 cases in 2020, the highest number ever recorded ...

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Juliana Ennes
Coronavac, the Brazilian-produced vaccine used in the study

Brazil’s Unprecedented Experiment Cuts 95% of Covid-related Deaths

Brazil’s prestigious Butantan Institute released the results of a study carried out between February ...

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Body bags on Rio's Copacabana beach symbolize the victims of the pandemic. -Fernando Souza/dpa/Alamy

A Military Coup in Brazil is Unavoidable. Some Believe It Has Already Happened

Brazil, once the flagship of social democracy in Latin America, has become an international ...

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Frédéric Vandenberghe and Jaime Marques Pereira
Sneer, by Hirostoshi Ito, and the university students: using progressive camouflage, the left is transforming the students into consumers and the public servants into servants. CREDIT: SNEER_HIROTOSHI ITO-@ITOHIROTOSHI_2014

It Looks Like Revolution, But It’s Only Neoliberalism

The university professor in the middle of the authoritarian crusades of both the right ...

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Benamê Kamu Almudras
Rutian Pataxó, poses at historic center of Salvador, capital of Bahia state. Image by Raul Spinassé

Brazilian Indians Keep Their Culture Alive by Living in Big Cities

Leaning on the balcony railing at her rickety house, perched above the stairs and ...

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Alexandre Lyrio