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Two Years Before #Metoo, Brazilian Women Were Already Fighting Sexual Harassment
Women’s empowerment recently got a big boost at the Golden Globes, but the United ...
No More Amazon Mega-dams, Announces Brazil. Environmentalists and Indians Celebrate
Brazil’s government announced a major shift away from its policy of building mega-dams in ...
Mining Is Responsible for 10 Percent of Deforestation in the Amazon
Nearly ten percent of all the deforestation occurring in the Brazilian Amazon between 2005 ...
Brazilian Young Indians Become Rappers to Fight for Land Rights
The opening ceremony of Brazil’s World Cup in 2014 also marked the kickoff of ...
A Brazilian Fancy Black Toilet Paper Infuriates Black Community
A Brazilian manufacturer has been blasted for appropriating the black empowerment slogan – “Black ...
On Paper, Brazilian Indians Live in the Best of the Worlds. In Reality, It’s Another Story
In a remote corner of far-western Brazil lies the Vale do Javari, home to ...
The Brazilian Experience: How Black Rage Turns into Revolt
Brazilian black movements have been organizing and protesting against racial violence and injustice for ...
Tired of Being Denied Territory, Amazon Peoples Are Drawing Their Own Maps
In 1707, a Jesuit missionary from the Czech Republic named Samuel Fritz published one ...
Brazil’s Unholy Alliance with the President to Privatize the Amazon
Brazilian de facto President Michel Temer’s decree 9142 abolishing the Amazon National Reserve of ...
The Revocation of Brazil’s Pro-Deforestation Decree Has No Teeth
On August 23, 2017, Brazil’s president Michel Temer issued a decree revoking the RENCA ...
