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Laerte, a Brazilian Transgender Cartoonist Who Became a Netflix Movie
A documentary that premiered this week on Netflix explores the life of a Brazilian ...
Every Minute 8 Women Are Victims of Violence in Brazil
Details from DataFolha’s latest study, “Visible and Invisible: The Mistreatment of Women in Brazil,” ...
Bar Association and People in the Streets Call for Brazil President’s Ouster
After overseeing president Dilma Rousseff’s ouster and now, embroiled in a series of bribe ...
International Court Rules Against Brazil’s Police Indiscriminate Killings
Amnesty International lambasted “impunity” for Brazilian police who kill suspects during operations, after a ...
How Selling Sex in Rio Survived the Olympics and Bad Times, and Prospered
The vibrant city of Rio de Janeiro has played host to some of the ...
The 35 Million-Strong General Strike that Stopped Brazil in Its Tracks
Amid record levels of unemployment and a terribly unpopular government, unions and citizens from ...
In Brazil, Guns and Tear Gas Are No Match for Indians’ Arrows
Brazilian Indians defied police repression in Brazil’s capital city on Tuesday, as officers ...
Known as the Myth, Jair Bolsonaro Is Brazil’s Version of Donald Trump
On April 4, Christian Social Party congressman Jair Messias Bolsonaro gave a racially charged ...
This Man Was Evicted, Re-evicted, Evicted Again, So Rio Could Grow
“I would come back to live here if I could,” said Altair Guimarães, plucking ...
Basic Sanitation Might Be Coming Soon to a Big Favela in Rio
Brazilian authorities have taken the first step towards providing basic sanitation to more than ...