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An Insider’s Podcast Tries to Humanize Sex Workers

Parker Westwood is trying to bring sex work out of the shadows with a ...

A motoboy in São Paulo delivering food

Underage Delivery App Workers Way Too Common in Brazil

Cases of children working for food delivery apps in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Drawings of the Yanomami spirit beings known as xapiri were projected onto Brazil's Congress buildings, in a historic first. © Adriano Machado/ISA

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 ...

Local initiatives have emerged during the pandemic in the favelas | Gabriel Loiola

How a Favela in Rio Is Dealing with Mental Health Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic

Empty streets, full minds. The fear of the new coronavirus occupies the thoughts of ...

A maid taking care of the employer's kid.

In Brazil, the Tough Condition of Maids Gets Tougher amid Pandemic

Instead of doing the cooking for the family she works for, Nilza de Jesus ...

Motoboys protest in Brazil's capital city, Brasília. Photo: Marcelo Camargo/Ag Brasil

Badly Hit by Covid-19, Brazil and Latin America May Become Trapped in a Gig Economy

Coronavirus has hit the healthcare systems and societies of the global south even harder ...

Punishment of a slave in Brazil, picture by Mauricio Rugendas (circa 1830) - Public domain

How Romanticization of the Past Makes Portugal Deny Its Racism and Reality of Colonialism

The slogan: “Portugal is a country of gentle manners” was crafted by Portugal’s former ...