Tag: Brazil
Strikes and Protests in Brazil Are a Reaction to the Country’s Government Paralysis
The February 22nd protest in Belo Horizonte, the resulting police action, as well as ...
How Brazil Is Privatizing Public Forests and Opening the Door for More Deforestation
Imagine that several state legislators decide that Yellowstone National Park is too big. Also ...
Elza Soares: Brazil’s Voice of the Millennium Goes Silent
Elza Soares, one of the most revered singers in Brazilian samba music, died at ...
How International Pariah Bolsonaro Changed the Way the World Sees Brazil
He may be welcome in Gulf sheikdoms, where religious faith and the sale of ...
Thousands Work as Slaves in Brazil’s Charcoal Industry
For more than a year, Antonio slept with a wasp nest humming above his ...
Brazilian Women Spearhead Initiatives to Address Gender-Based Violence
In Brazil, women are at huge risk of violence, especially if they are minorised ...
Brazil Loses 16% of Its Water. Blame it on the Amazon Deforestation
Recurring drought, regular power outages and a devastated farming industry – these are the ...
Neither Bolsonaro (the Madman) Nor Lula (the Thief). Is There Another Choice for Brazil?
There is less than a year until Brazilians deliver their verdict on President Jair ...
Through Green Land Grabbing, Farmers in the Amazon Steal from Indians and Trick the Law
As global demand for food commodities has swelled, so has the practice of “land ...
Brazil President Calls Macron’s Warmth Towards Lula a Provocation
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said that former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva being ...
