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Brazil President’s Latest Cabinet Reshuffle Puts a Convicted Rapist in Congress
Brazilian president Michel Temer’s latest cabinet reshuffle has not been very encouraging or in ...
Brazil’s New Labor Minister Barred from Assuming Post for Not Paying Her Employees
New Labor Minister Cristiane Brasil was banned from the position after she was found ...
No More Amazon Mega-dams, Announces Brazil. Environmentalists and Indians Celebrate
Brazil’s government announced a major shift away from its policy of building mega-dams in ...
Brazil Cuts 5 Million People from Its Popular Social Program Bolsa Família
Since de-facto Brazilian President Michel Temer took office in August 2016, a total of ...
Brazil Kills More than One Gay Person per Day
The charred body of a homeless gay black man has been found in an ...
How Brazil’s Prostitutes Movement Ensured a Seat at the Policy-making Table
It is a myth that prostitution in Brazil is completely legal. Although it is ...
The Lessons of 30 Years of the Brazilian Sex Workers Organized Movement
Sex work is a controversial form of income. It is a subject much discussed ...
US Joins Brazilian Army in Exercises of Rescue Operations in the Amazon
The city of Tabatinga, located nearly 1,000 kilometers from Manaus, set the stage for ...
Brazil President Softens Pension Reform Bill to Get Congress’s Approval
A new version of Brazil’s unpopular pension reform bill presented this week would require ...
Religion Intolerance Leads to Another African Religion Place Being Burned in Brazil
Another Candomble religious ground has been plundered and burned, this time in the town ...