“The leave is also intended to protect adoptive mothers and non-pregnant mothers in same-sex unions.”

Woman Married to Woman Entitled to Paternity Leave When Companion Gives Birth, Rules Brazil Supreme

Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) ruled that non-pregnant women in same-sex unions are entitled ...

Armed police raid a slum in Rio de Janeiro

In Shock, World Asks for Probe Over Police Massacre in Rio’s Favela

The United Nations said it was “deeply disturbed” by the killings of 28 people ...

During the pandemic Americans turned to CBD, which purports to have calming effects. Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images

Learning to Distinguish Among Hemp, Marijuana and CBD. Are They All Legal?

New York recently became the 15th U.S. state to legalize cannabis for recreational use. ...

The rest of the world should think about how to create a data protection culture.

Leaked Data of Every Single Brazilian for Sale or Even for Free Online

In Brazil, like in most all low-income countries with relevant population, enormous personal databases ...

In Rio, Afro-Brazilian faiths are increasingly under attack by evangelicals

Brazilian Evangelical Gangs Go to War Against Afro-Brazilian Faiths, in the Name of God

The expression “evangelical drug trafficker” may sound incongruous, but in the Brazilian city of ...

Lula being carried by his fans after leaving prison

Brazil’s Supreme Court Decision Frees Lula and Thousands Others from Jail

Brazil’s former president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva walked free from jail on Friday ...

A pedestrian-filled street in São Paulo.

Trying to Understand Brazil’s 20% Homicide Rate Decline

Brazil is the world’s murder capital. No other country even comes close. That is ...

Sergio Moro, the stern judge and Lula, the popular former president

Irony: Lula Falls Victim of the Same Laws He Championed to End Corruption in Brazil

On Thursday, April 5, Judge Sérgio Moro of Curitiba issued a curt prison invitation ...