Brazzil Magazine

Dom Hélder Pessoa Câmara, who died in 1999, was an advocate for Liberation Theology. He was the Archbishop of Olinda and Recife

What the World Can Learn from a Moribund Liberation Theology

This June saw the passing of two of our generation’s most fascinating and controversial ...

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Gregory Leffel
An Amazon community - Photo by Bruna Arcangelo Toledo
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Amazon Forest’s Keepers Under Pressure of Ranchers Fear for Their Future

In western Brazil’s Amazon, the people tasked with looking after the world’s greatest rainforest ...

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Collapse of Fundão dam in Mariana - Antonio Cruz/ABr

Two Years After Brazil’s Dam Tragedy, Those Responsible For It Are Still Being Cheered

The worst environmental tragedy in Brazil’s history occurred on the fifth of November, 2015. ...

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Daniel Cerqueira and Letícia Aleixo
Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's house representative and presidential hopeful

Brazil’s Far Right Presidential Hopeful Goes on a US Tour in Search of Legitimacy and Money

Federal Deputy Jair Bolsonaro October’s tour in the United States is an effort to ...

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Maria Rodriguez-Dominguez
A pig - Photo: Maurício Fanfa A pig - Photo: Maurício Fanfa

German Candymaker Caught Using Mistreated Pigs and Slave Labor in Brazil

Germany’s global candymaker Haribo was forced on the defensive on Thursday after a documentary ...

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Ben Knight
São Paulo's mayor shows what the population calls "pet food" - the Ballarini/SECOM

São Paulo’s Mayor Finds a Solution for Malnutrition in Schools: Human Pet Food

Brazilian prosecutors are probing a plan proposed by São Paulo Mayor João Doria that ...

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Slave work in Brazil is far from over

New Labor Rules Will Make Slave Work Still More Common in Brazil

Victims of slave labor in Brazil are less likely to be rescued following a ...

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Karla Mendes
Women at Avenida Paulista protest rape - Rovena Rosa/ABr

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 ...

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Nita Bhalla and Karla Mendes
The estimated aging of the Brazilian population and a rise in medical costs should increase health insurance prices by 2030 - Tânia Rêgo/Agência Brasil

Brazil to Deal with Older People and Higher Health Insurance Before Becoming a Developed Country

The estimated aging of the Brazilian population and a rise in medical costs should ...

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Fernanda Cruz
The orange-winged parrot (Amazona amazonica) and the blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna) pictured, were the most traded parrot species - Photo by Luc Viatour

Benefits and Risks of Legal Wildlife Trade in the Amazon

The multimillion-dollar legal wildlife trade in species originating from Amazonian countries has been analyzed ...

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Claire Salisbury