Tag: sao paulo
It’s Been a Hard Fight, But Black Women Are Gaining Space in Brazilian Politics
“When she was murdered, the Black women’s movement dealt with this collective trauma by ...
Brazilians Go to the Streets to Protest Against Chinese Covid Vaccine
More than 300 Brazilians gathered on São Paulo’s main commercial thoroughfare on Sunday 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 ...
Victims of Human Trafficking These Women Are Jailed in Brazil as Drug Mules
Helena had been struggling to provide for her six-year-old son in Africa’s island nation ...
Killer Scorpions Are Invading Brazil’s Urban Centers
I live in São Paulo, the biggest city in Brazil, home to some 12 ...
In São Paulo, Brazil, Everyone Will Have a Home in… 120 Years
Once a proud symbol of resistance to racial segregation, a shabby square in São ...
Brazilian Justice Bans Carnaval Group for Celebrating Dictatorship and Torture
Dubbed “the world’s biggest party,” Brazil’s Carnaval is officially underway and this year’s festivities ...
Brazil Kills More than One Gay Person per Day
The charred body of a homeless gay black man has been found in an ...
São Paulo Joins New Delhi as World’s Worst Megacity for Women Rape
Five years after the fatal gang rape of a student on a bus in ...
Brazil Police Foil What Would Be World’s Biggest Bank Robbery Ever
A criminal gang dug a 600-meter (2000-foot) tunnel in an attempt to rob 1 ...
