Behavior
Every Minute 8 Women Are Victims of Violence in Brazil
Details from DataFolha’s latest study, “Visible and Invisible: The Mistreatment of Women in Brazil,” ...
How Selling Sex in Rio Survived the Olympics and Bad Times, and Prospered
The vibrant city of Rio de Janeiro has played host to some of the ...
The Strange Story of the Disappearance of a Brazilian Obsessed with Aliens
The unexplained disappearance of a Brazilian youngster has sparked a rush of conspiracy theories ...
World Champion in C-section, Brazil Celebrates that Normal Birth Is Up 1%
Since 2009, Brazil became the first country in the world where more babies ...
Brazilians Special Kind of Blindness: They Can’t See They Are Racist
University of Arizona anthropologist Jennifer Roth-Gordon spent 10 days in Brazil leading up to ...
Brazil Is Not Winning Its War Against Violence on Black Women
Every year, Amnesty International releases a report on the state of human rights across ...
Donald Trump: an Improbable Hit of Brazil’s Carnaval
President Donald Trump has become one of the new stars of Brazil’s Carnaval, with ...
Brazilians of All Creeds Go to Sea to Celebrate African Deity Iemanjá
Dolls, roses, herbs-of-grace, white palm leaves, and a lot of fruit lent their colors ...
Brazil and the Art of Giving All to Friends and the Law to Foes
There is an old saying in Brazil attributed to Getúlio Vargas, one of the ...
Opening Night at Rio Paralympics. Brazil’s Largest Channel Is Airing a Soap Opera
The Rio Paralympic Games have started. They opened this Saturday night at the same ...