Tag: human rights
Religious Extremism and Intolerance Give Way to Renewed Human Rights in Brazil
The result of Brazil’s election last October was a cause for celebration for many ...
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 ...
Land Invasions More than Double in Brazil. Majority of Victims Are Indians
Land conflicts in Brazil hit 1,576 cases in 2020, the highest number ever recorded ...
Brazilian Indians Keep Their Culture Alive by Living in Big Cities
Leaning on the balcony railing at her rickety house, perched above the stairs and ...
They Call Themselves Green, But Palm Oil in the Amazon Means Deforestation and Human Rights Violations
Guided by an Indigenous leader, we drove down dusty roads in the Turé-Mariquita Indigenous ...
Brazilian Women Find Their Voice Against Repression and the Government
The street parties of the world’s biggest Carnaval might be one of the last ...
How Gospel News Is Increasingly Shaping What Millions of Brazilians Think and Do
The new Brazilian government of Jair Bolsonaro has shocked the liberal world with its ...
President Bolsonaro: The Perfect Storm That Might Steal Away Brazil’s Democratic Future
This week’s inauguration of Brazil’s far-right president-elect Jair Bolsonaro has dominated political analysis worldwide. ...
Born to Fight Crime in the 1990s, Rio’s Militias Have Become Just Another Criminal Organization
In mid-May 2008, a journalist, a photographer and their driver were kidnapped and tortured ...
Execution in Rio of Black Activist and Councilwoman Shocks and Moves Brazil
Prominent Brazilian human rights activist and councilwoman Marielle Franco was assassinated in Rio de ...
