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Tired of Being Denied Territory, Amazon Peoples Are Drawing Their Own Maps
In 1707, a Jesuit missionary from the Czech Republic named Samuel Fritz published one ...
Trying to Understand Brazilians? Start by Their Memes
You have probably already stumbled upon a Brazilian meme on one of your internet ...
The Streets Clamored for It, But Brazilian Congress Is Bungling the Electoral Reform
Brazil’s Congress is rushing to approve a series of legislative reforms to update the ...
The Case to Legalize Abortion in Brazil While Congress Tries to Ban It
I met “Mariana,” a 20-year-old Brazilian woman, in Paraíba state, almost a year ago ...
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 ...
Are Brazilians Hispanics? Latinos? It Depends. Most Would Like to Just Be Called Brazilian
Bikini waxes, keratin hair blowouts and all-you-can-eat steakhouses. In the United States, all three ...
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 ...
Lula Goes Back to His Roots in Effort to Win Once Again Brazil’s Presidency
The former President of Brazil and founder of the Workers Party, Luiz Inácio Lula ...
94% of Brazilians Don’t Think President Temer Represent Them
The latest Ipsos poll published by one of Brazil’s most widely read newspapers, O ...