History
Brazil’s Shipwrecked Slave Ship Camargo Being Preserved with a Grant from the US
The U.S. Consulate General in Rio de Janeiro announced a US$ 295,000 grant to ...
Lula’s Supporters Wanted Him to Resist Arrest Rather than Turn Himself in 2018, New Book Reveals
As a listless workday at the Lula Institute drew to a close on Thursday, ...
Poverty in Their Homeland and Brazilian Desire of Whitening Drew Germans to Brazil 200 Years Ago
A lot of work awaited the German immigrants in their new homeland – Image: ...
Brazil’s Atlantic Forest Will See More Changes in Five Decades than in the Last 21,000 Years
Brazil’s Atlantic Forest is one of the most biologically diverse places on Earth. Roughly ...
Killing of a Black Man Beaten by Security Guards Shows Brazil Racism Hasn’t Changed in 300 Years
In 1695, Zumbi – a warrior and leader of former Black slaves – was ...
Brazil Teaches that Museums Can Be Quite Ephemeral
On September 2, the National Museum of Brazil lit up Rio de Janeiro’s night ...
Rio’s National Museum: 200 Years of Brazilian Memory, Culture Devoured by Neglect and Fire
A massive fire raced through Brazil’s 200-year-old National Museum in Rio de Janeiro on ...
How Brazil Used Cachaça, Tobacco and Gold to Keep Slave Trade Going
Sections of a Brazilian slave ship from the 19th century. Robert Walsh, as shown ...
25 Years After Candelária Kids Massacre, Things Only Got Worse in Brazil
The murder of a group of street children in Rio de Janeiro sent shockwaves ...
In Brazil, Legacy of Slavery Lives On with Subservience, Violence and Slave Labor
Brazil abolished slavery 130 years ago, but its society has failed to deal with ...
