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G20 Is Not a Total Disaster. Brazil Is an Inspiration for Work Against Poverty
Suffering, starvation, mass displacement: Is the fight against extreme poverty, illness and war hopeless? ...
Rio’s Favela Residents Go to Copacabana Beach to Denounce Violence and Authorities’ Neglect
Hundreds of favela residents have rallied on Rio de Janeiro’s world-famous Copacabana beach, weary ...
After 30 Years and Plastic Surgery, Police Nab Brazil’s Number One Druglord
Police have captured one of South America’s biggest cocaine kingpins, Luiz Carlos da Rocha, ...
A Brazil Judge Rules Again in Favor of Land-grabbers, Against Peasants in the Amazon
Until this week, 80 impoverished families, camped for almost a year under black plastic ...
Goodwill Ambassador Brazilian ‘Narcos’ Star Is on a Mission: End Slave Labor
As a boy growing up in Brazil’s impoverished northeastern state of Bahia, Brazilian actor ...
Brazil’s General Strike Didn’t Stop the Country and Brought Little Damage
Brazil went through Friday’s general strike, the second of its kind called for by ...
Unions Try to Stop Brazil with Protests Against Temer and Reforms
A general strike is sweeping Brazil this Friday for the second time this year. ...
The Killing Fields of Brazil: 61 Murdered Last Year Fighting for Their Land
A year after witnessing the murder of his friend by a gang of farmers ...
A New Brazilian Pastime: Watching the Virtual Wake of Perfect Strangers
Progress in communication technology has transformed our lives in the 21st century. It has ...
São Paulo Destroys Crackland and Offers Instead Forced Hospitalization for Drug Addicts
On May 21, 500 civil and military police descended on the downtown São Paulo ...