Human Rights
A Brazilian Landless Movement’s Leader Talks About the MST’s Mistakes, Challenges and Plans
During the 1960s, legend has it that governor José Sarney sat down at a ...
100 Policemen Killed in Rio this Year, One Every 57 Hours
The number of police officers killed so far this year in the Brazilian city ...
Descendants of Runaway Slaves the Latest Victims of Brazil’s Rush to End Social Protections
With the recent onslaught of initiatives launched by Brazil’s wealthy ruralist elite to undo ...
Thirteen Policemen Involved in Massacre of 10 Peasants Are Arrested in Brazil
Thirteen police officers have been detained for allegedly participating in a recent massacre that ...
World’s Top Slave Importer, Brazil Wants to Preserve a Marketplace that Sold Africans
A wharf in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro used as a marketplace ...
Being a Human Rights Activist Is High Risk in Brazil. 66 Were Killed Last Year Alone
According to a report by the Brazilian Committee for Human Rights Defenders, violence against ...
G20 Is Not a Total Disaster. Brazil Is an Inspiration for Work Against Poverty
Suffering, starvation, mass displacement: Is the fight against extreme poverty, illness and war hopeless? ...
Rio’s Favela Residents Go to Copacabana Beach to Denounce Violence and Authorities’ Neglect
Hundreds of favela residents have rallied on Rio de Janeiro’s world-famous Copacabana beach, weary ...
A Brazil Judge Rules Again in Favor of Land-grabbers, Against Peasants in the Amazon
Until this week, 80 impoverished families, camped for almost a year under black plastic ...
Goodwill Ambassador Brazilian ‘Narcos’ Star Is on a Mission: End Slave Labor
As a boy growing up in Brazil’s impoverished northeastern state of Bahia, Brazilian actor ...
