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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 ...

Wrapped in the Brazilian flag, black man participates in the Black Conscience March, in São Paulo | NurPhoto/PA Images

How Brazilian Blacks Were Conditioned Through Generations to Ignore Their Blackness

The great debate in the US, these days, seems to revolve around whether rioting ...

CUFA volunteers distribute food parcels to favela residents in Brazil | Daniel de Araújo / Avda Produções

Amid Covid-19, App with Facial Recognition Gets Food and Money to Brazil Favelas

As Brazil faces one of the worst Covid-19 outbreaks in the world, a smartphone ...

A woman in a favela in São Paulo holds up a facemask (Reuters/A. Perobelli)

Brazil’s 13 Million Favela Residents Forced to Fight Coronavirus by Themselves

When the novel coronavirus began spreading in Brazil, it was predominantly wealthy people who ...

A housewife at her kitchen in a Rio de Janeiro favela

A Personal Account of a Rio Favela Resident on His Dealing with Coronavirus

This report from Vila Autódromo is the first in a series by favela residents ...

A nurse wearing a mask

Brazil Was Ready for Bad Weather. With Coronavirus It Got the Perfect Storm

April would have been a busy month for Brazilian hospitals anyway. As the population ...

Cuban doctor Raymond Garcia in Brazil

Cuban Doctors in Brazil Waiting for a Chance to Treat Coronavirus

Raymond Garcia has experience with epidemics. First he treated cholera in Haiti. He battled ...

Brazilian president says that Brazilians have to respect US's immigration laws

Trying to Please Trump, Brazil Approves Mass Deportation of Brazilians in the US

The U.S. government has again deported a planeload of Brazilians, the second such chartered ...