Tag: crime
Trying to Understand Brazil’s 20% Homicide Rate Decline
Brazil is the world’s murder capital. No other country even comes close. That is ...
Brazil’s President-elect Is No Trump. He Was Even a Hugo Chávez Admirer
Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s president-elect, is sometimes referred to as the Brazilian Trump (Economist, 2017), ...
Will Brazil’s New President Rule as a Radical? Evidence from the US Says Yes
After the most polarized and divisive campaign in its modern history, Brazil has elected ...
Brazil Kills More than One Gay Person per Day
The charred body of a homeless gay black man has been found in an ...
Brazil’s Corruption? This Is Small Change. The Real Problem Are the 60,000 Killed a Year
Somewhere between outraged and perplexed, Brazilians have been bombarded with news about their political ...
The Number of Foreign Tourists in Brazil Is Dismal. The Country Needs a More Positive Narrative
It is home to the largest rainforest in the world. It has miles of ...
Outrage After Brazil’s Superior Court Rules Sex with Three 12-year-old Girls Was Not Rape
A panel of judges at Brazil’s Superior Appellate Court (Superior Tribunal de Justiça – ...
Welcome to Brazil, a Paradise of Impunity for All Kinds of Criminals
Brazil has faced an explosion of violence and criminality over the last two decades, ...
New Massacre of Youngsters in Brazil. Police Are Main Suspect
Five young men were murdered Saturday night in a school of Nova Iguaçu, in ...
Gruesome Death of Child in Brazil Brings Punishment Issue to Forefront
Rather gruesome news from Rio. In one of the poorer parts of the city, ...
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