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Netflix Documentary on Pelé Passes Up a Chance to Deal with Brazil’s Class and Race
A recent Netflix documentary about the legendary Brazilian soccer player Edson Arantes do Nascimento, ...
Slave Workers Rescued in Brazil Were as Young as Nine
A large Brazilian tobacco exporter has been charged with using slave labor in the ...
It Isn’t Easy Being a Polyamorous in These Times of Pandemic
A few years ago I started conducting interviews with over 100 people about their ...
Brazil’s President Says Military Is Above Constitution and Threatens a Coup
Throughout the pandemic, Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, downplayed the threat posed by Covid-19. In ...
An Insider’s Podcast Tries to Humanize Sex Workers
Parker Westwood is trying to bring sex work out of the shadows with a ...
Brazil’s Recipe to Fight Crime Offering More Weapons to Citizens Seems Doomed to Failure
The number of legal firearms sold in Brazil has grown by 65% during President ...
Underage Delivery App Workers Way Too Common in Brazil
Cases of children working for food delivery apps in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Brazil Congress Gets Petition with 400 Thousand Signatures Against Yanomami Genocide
A 439,000 signature petition calling on the Brazilian government to prevent the genocide of ...
Five Years After Brazil’s Mariana Dam Tragedy Very Little Reparation Has Been Done
Five years after the collapse of the Fundão tailings dam, in the town of ...
Rio Calls Off Carnaval and New Year’s Celebrations Till There Is a Vaccine for Covid-19
There will be no Carnaval street parties in Rio de Janeiro next year. The ...