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Lines outside US consulates in Brazil are always long

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 ...

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Léo Rodrigues
A supporter of Bolsonaro is detained during a demonstration against President Lula in Brasilia, January 8, 2023. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

Brazil’s Escalation of Facial Recognition Alarms Human Rights Experts

Police in Brazil are using facial recognition to identify protesters who rampaged through government ...

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Leonardo Coelho
People perform during the Boi-Bumbá in Parintins. Photo provided by author

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 ...

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Mauro Cossu, Gonzalo Lizarralde, and Lisa Bornstein
Sebastiana Pinto da Silva, midwife at Terra Dominial Indígena Barreira da Missão, in Tefé, Amazonas Photo: Luís Patriani.

‘Doctors Have Science, We Have Wisdom,” Says Midwife Defending Her Work Inside the Amazon

The community of Deus é Pai (“God is our Father”) sits by the Tefé ...

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Luís Patriani
Workers Party campaign rally in Rio de Janeiro with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, on July 7, 2022

CINELANDIA SHINES FOR LULA: On Creating a Landscape for Reclamation and Reparation

A swell washed over one of Rio de Janeiro’s main squares, and morphed into ...

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Norman Madarasz
Brazil's education system is highly stratified, favoring the elite over the general public

Despite Challenges, Brazil Strives for Success in Its Education Goals

Perhaps nothing better characterizes the recent trend in the Brazilian education system than Bolsonaro’s ...

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Peter Sufrin
The shame and despair of being called cringe in Brazil

Intergenerational Baiting and Being Cringe in Brazil

Last week, Christian Langkamp highlighted some of the reasons for growing intergenerational tensions in ...

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Emily Schuler
Brazilian truckers went on strike against expensive diesel and for tax reform

Strikes and Protests in Brazil Are a Reaction to the Country’s Government Paralysis

The February 22nd protest in Belo Horizonte, the resulting police action, as well as ...

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Peter Sufrin
A charcoal producer poses in front of the charcoal kilns he works at, in Brazil. Image: Thomson Reuters Foundation/Fabio Teixeira

Thousands Work as Slaves in Brazil’s Charcoal Industry

For more than a year, Antonio slept with a wasp nest humming above his ...

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Fabio Teixeira
Maré de Sabores Project / Photo: Douglas Lopes

Brazilian Women Spearhead Initiatives to Address Gender-Based Violence

In Brazil, women are at huge risk of violence, especially if they are minorised ...

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Rebecca Wilson