Politics

Burning the trees to raise cattle in the Brazilian Amazon

The Price of Fighting Land-grabbing in the Amazon Can Be Your Life

Maria Marcia Elpidia de Melo hasn’t seen her son Elmiro for more than six ...

Actress Regina Duarte gets a hug from President Jair Bolsonaro - Carolina Antunes/PR

Brazil’s Little Sweetheart Is Now the Country’s Culture Secretary

An actress known for decades of work in soap operas said on Wednesday she ...

Brazilian president says that Brazilians have to respect US's immigration laws

Trying to Please Trump, Brazil Approves Mass Deportation of Brazilians in the US

The U.S. government has again deported a planeload of Brazilians, the second such chartered ...

Brazilian Indian ritual

Indians To Sue Brazil President After He Says They’re Becoming More Human

The main organization representing Brazil’s 300 indigenous tribes announced it would sue Brazilian President ...

Brazilian President gives an interview to a TV network. Picture by Marcos Corrêa/PR

Offended to Be Called Enemy of the Free Press, Brazil President Vows to Give No More Interviews

A frequent and fiery critic of Brazil’s media, President Jair Bolsonaro declared he would ...

The real was adopted by Brazil in 1996 in place of the cruzeiro

Trump Accuses Brazil of Manipulating Its Currency. Once Again He Is Wrong

President Donald Trump slapped new tariffs on Brazil and Argentina after accusing them of ...

Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol (Black God, White Devil), from 1964, was directed by Gláuber Rocha and stars Othon Bastos

Brazil Bringing to the Screens a Revisionist History of the Country

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s administration is embarking on a project of cultural and historical ...

Lula face to face with a fan

Lula Livre: Brazil’s Supreme Court Decision That Freed Lula Was a Mistake

Lula is free. On Friday, November 8, former President Lula walked out of prison ...

Lula being carried by his fans after leaving prison

Brazil’s Supreme Court Decision Frees Lula and Thousands Others from Jail

Brazil’s former president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva walked free from jail on Friday ...

Karl Marx (1818-1883), philosopher, author, social theorist, and economist.

Thanks to Bolsonaro the Cultural Marxism Conspiracy is Alive and Well in Brazil

“Cultural Marxism” is a right-wing conspiracy theory that accuses the Frankfurt School — comprised ...