Tag: Brazil
World’s Largest Tropical Wetland, the Brazilian Pantanal, Being Converted into Ashes
Fires are raging in the wetlands of west-central Brazil, leaving behind a vast swath ...
How Romanticization of the Past Makes Portugal Deny Its Racism and Reality of Colonialism
The slogan: “Portugal is a country of gentle manners” was crafted by Portugal’s former ...
Brazil’s Declining Credibility Involves Blind Americanism, Moralism and Anti-Communism
A vital component of any country’s foreign policy is the promotion of international affairs ...
With Close to 1,000 Deaths, Brazil Indians Get an App to Keep Track of Covid-19
Indigenous and environmental organizations in Brazil launched an app aimed at alerting indigenous communities ...
How Brazilian Blacks Were Conditioned Through Generations to Ignore Their Blackness
The great debate in the US, these days, seems to revolve around whether rioting ...
The More Amazon Poor Farmers Burn the Forest the More They Need to Burn It
The 2019 fires in the Brazilian Amazon were the result of an alarming surge ...
We Don’t Want Alms or Glass Beads, But Respect, Says Brazilian Indigenous Leader
Interview with indigenous chief Alvaro Tukano on the situation of indigenous peoples in Brazil ...
In Rio, Divided Between Two Worlds: North Zone and South Zone
I was 21 years old and a recent college graduate when I decided to ...
Brazil’s 13 Million Favela Residents Forced to Fight Coronavirus by Themselves
When the novel coronavirus began spreading in Brazil, it was predominantly wealthy people who ...
Brazil’s Coronavirus Hunger Games: Indigenous Communities and Their Struggle for Survival
With coronavirus infections steeply rising, Brazil is now the second placed country in the ...
