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An Amazon Road and the Potential Return of the Bolsonaros Threaten Demarcation of Uncontacted Indigenous People’s Land
More than 25 years after the existence of the uncontacted Indigenous people known as ...
20 Years Later, an American Still Has No Idea What’s Going on in Brazil
Not everyone is cut out for expat life. I made all the necessary preparations ...
Rio’s Police Massacre Leaves 132 Dead, Four of Them Policemen
A large-scale narcotics operation against the Comando Vermelho, or Red Command, crime syndicate in ...
Farewell, Sebastião Salgado, Who Magistrally Captured World’s Harsh Side
The world has lost one of its most compassionate and visionary visual storytellers. Sebastião ...
Officially Brazilian Indigenous Leader Killed Himself. It Was Murder, Say Friends
Indigenous chief Merong Kamakã Mongoió, who was found dead in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, on ...
AND THEN THERE WAS JUNE 2013
The Tenth anniversary of an Insurrection whose Color was Black Mas eles só querem ...
A New Book Reveals How Serious Is Sexual Abuse by Catholic Priests in Brazil
Demonstrations in Bolivia in recent weeks have been directed at a seemingly unusual target: ...
It Never Took So Long: Brazilians Wait Up to 20 months to Get US Visa
Brazil currently ranks seventh among the nations with the longest waiting time to get ...
Brazil’s Escalation of Facial Recognition Alarms Human Rights Experts
Police in Brazil are using facial recognition to identify protesters who rampaged through government ...
Parintins: An Amazon Island Overcomes Isolation Throwing the Boi Bumbá Party
There are no bridges or roads that connect the city-island of Parintins to the ...