Politics

Dom Hélder Pessoa Câmara, who died in 1999, was an advocate for Liberation Theology. He was the Archbishop of Olinda and Recife

What the World Can Learn from a Moribund Liberation Theology

This June saw the passing of two of our generation’s most fascinating and controversial ...

An Amazon community - Photo by Bruna Arcangelo Toledo

Amazon Forest’s Keepers Under Pressure of Ranchers Fear for Their Future

In western Brazil’s Amazon, the people tasked with looking after the world’s greatest rainforest ...

United States' president, Donald J. Trump

Rousseff, Brazil’s Ex-president, Calls Trump’s Meddling in Venezuela Irresponsible and Criminal

Washington’s attempts to interfere in politics in South America, including in Venezuela, are “extremely ...

Caixa's branch at rua das Flores, in Curitiba, Paraná state

Brazil’s President Plan to Privatize Major Bank Draws Noisy Opposition

The president of the Workers Party of Brazil denounced the government’s attempt to privatize ...

Dilma Rousseff, former president of Brazil

Ousted Leader Rousseff Accuses Brazil President of Being Submissive to the US

Dilma Rousseff, the former Workers Party president of Brazil, who was ousted by the ...

Tapajós National Forest set on fire, which is the cheapest way to get rid of the trees

It Doesn’t Change: For 500 Years, the Elite Has Been Dilapidating Brazil’s Natural Riches

Brazil. The fifth largest country in the world. Besides housing the world’s largest rainforest ...