UN Warns Brazil Against Arbitrary Detention and Lack of Legal Assistance
The UN’s Working Group on Arbitrary Detention is raising concerns regarding the excessive use ...
In Brazil, Supermarkets Refuse to Sell Meat from Amazon-raised Cattle
In Brazil, the Brazilian Association of Supermarkets, the main group representing supermarkets in Brazil ...
Pope Confirms Trip to Brazil in July for World Youth Day in Rio
On Sunday, the new pope used his Twitter account to praise the city of ...
UK Reverts Course on Imposing Visa Restrictions on Brazilians
Plans to impose visa restrictions on tourists from Brazil have been put on hold ...
Venezuela’s Upcoming Elections, a Test of Brazil’s New Pro-democracy Stance
Venezuela’s president Hugo Chávez has just died after a prolonged battle with cancer. While ...
At Chávez Funeral Brazil President Rejects His Populism and Avoids Meeting Ahmadinejad
By leaving Caracas before Friday’s funeral ceremony for Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez, Brazilian President ...
Helio Alves: The Wizard of the Brazilian Keys
Helio Alves is not the kind of pianist that you can pigeonhole into any ...
In Brazil, Media Still Lives as when the Generals Ruled the Country
Reporters Without Borders has recently released a report entitled “Brazil, the country of 30 ...
A Brazilian Theologian Once Silenced by Cardinal Ratzinger Talks About the Old and the New Pope
An interview with Leonardo Boff – The Church is without a spiritual leader who ...
Bus Torching and Gang Action Reaches Once Peaceful Brazilian South
Elite police commando units fanned out across the streets of the Brazilian southern state ...