Human Rights
Nestlé and Danone Might Be Added to Brazil’s Slavery Dirty List
Global food companies Danone and Dairy Partners Americas Brasil (DPA), partly owned by Nestlé, ...
85,000 Venezuelan Refugees Fled to Brazil, Many of Them Children
Fleeing poverty and hunger, at least 1,000 Venezuelan children arrived at Brazil’s main entry ...
For Cuban Doctors in Brazil a Choice Between Being a Slave or a Refugee
Isabela, one of more than 8,000 Cuban health workers in Brazil, saw two options ...
How Brazil Used Cachaça, Tobacco and Gold to Keep Slave Trade Going
Sections of a Brazilian slave ship from the 19th century. Robert Walsh, as shown ...
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 ...
Brazil’s Belo Monte: Another Proof Hydropower Isn’t Green or Sustainable
There are few dams in the world that capture the imagination as much as ...
25 Years After Candelária Kids Massacre, Things Only Got Worse in Brazil
The murder of a group of street children in Rio de Janeiro sent shockwaves ...
Brazil Should Press Trump to Stop Cruel Treatment of Immigrant Children
The Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports that 55 Brazilian children are among the ...
In Brazil, Legacy of Slavery Lives On with Subservience, Violence and Slave Labor
Brazil abolished slavery 130 years ago, but its society has failed to deal with ...
Born to Fight Crime in the 1990s, Rio’s Militias Have Become Just Another Criminal Organization
In mid-May 2008, a journalist, a photographer and their driver were kidnapped and tortured ...
