Human Rights
The Fear of Being Killed Is Not Enough to Deter Those Fighting for Justice and Land in the Amazon
Fernando dos Santos Araújo woke up alongside his love, Bruno Pereira Gomes, on May ...
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 ...
It’s High Time to End Conflation of Sex Work and Human Trafficking
The Covid-19 pandemic and the measures put in place to mitigate it have exacerbated ...
They Call Themselves Green, But Palm Oil in the Amazon Means Deforestation and Human Rights Violations
Guided by an Indigenous leader, we drove down dusty roads in the Turé-Mariquita Indigenous ...
Brazil Teaches the World How to Be Humane to Refugees
The global north tends to view the global south as a source of refugees, ...
While World Demand for Slave-free Coffee Grows, Brazil Finds Ways to Cheat Consumers
As the coffee harvest drew to a close in the rolling hills of southeastern ...
Victims of Human Trafficking These Women Are Jailed in Brazil as Drug Mules
Helena had been struggling to provide for her six-year-old son in Africa’s island nation ...
Brazil Government Turns to Cartoons and Movies to Fight Slave Labor
From a cartoon about child workers to an HBO mini series, Brazil is turning ...
Nestlé and Danone Might Be Added to Brazil’s Slavery Dirty List
Global food companies Danone and Dairy Partners Americas Brasil (DPA), partly owned by Nestlé, ...
85,000 Venezuelan Refugees Fled to Brazil, Many of Them Children
Fleeing poverty and hunger, at least 1,000 Venezuelan children arrived at Brazil’s main entry ...
