Human Rights
Can’t Maintain Order? In Brazil They Call the Army
Brazil’s military is getting a serious workout these days. The authorities have recently deployed ...
Brazil Gets Title of World’s Number One Killer of Indians and Environmentalists
Over the last 15 years, Brazil has seen the highest number of killings of ...
Let Down by Brazil, Indian Leader Goes to Europe to Save His People and the Forest
Ladio Veron, leader of Brazil’s indigenous Guarani-Kaiowá people, is touring Europe and making a ...
Indians, Environment, Social Movements, They Are All Losers in the New Brazil
“The first five months of 2017 have been the most violent this century,” Cândido ...
In a Brazil Where Worst Is Always Coming to Worst, These Men Stand Their Ground
Brazil has made headlines recently for almost entirely negative reasons — whether it is ...
Palmares, Brazil’s Slave Rebellion, Still Going On 400 Years Later
The Quilombo dos Palmares was a nation of fugitive slaves, Indians, and a few ...
Eviction in Brazil Ends Up in the Massacre by Police of Ten People
Ten campesinos (nine men and one woman) were killed by Brazil’s military and civilian ...
São Paulo’s Answer to Drugs: Police, Tractors and Forced Treatment
Last Sunday, São Paulo authorities dramatically deployed a “new” approach to dealing with drug ...
International Court Rules Against Brazil’s Police Indiscriminate Killings
Amnesty International lambasted “impunity” for Brazilian police who kill suspects during operations, after a ...
Bad Times Being Used as Excuse to Dramatically Increase Cutting Down the Amazon
From sweeping cuts of funds to protect forests, to the loosening of conservation of ...
