Violence
In Brazil, a Rush to Understand the Suzano School Massacre
Brazilian Elementary School Kids Daily Life: Always the same routine. Going hungry for at ...
Citing Death Threats, Gay Congressman Leaves Brazil to Undisclosed Country
A prominent gay congressman in Brazil announced that he was leaving his job and ...
Brazil – Son’s Message to Those Who Tried to Kill His Father: You’ve Just Elected the President
The knife attack on populist presidential candidate Jair Messias Bolsonaro continues to inflame an ...
Brazil May Elect a Fascist President. We Might Soon Be a Neopentecostal Turkey
It now looks increasingly like Brazil will elect a fascist president in November. I ...
Brazil’s Right-Wing Presidential Frontrunner Survives Assassination Attempt
The dramatic stabbing of firebrand right-wing politician Jair Bolsonaro was caught on video and ...
How Agricultural Exports Are Killing Brazil’s Kaiowá and Guarani Peoples
For more than half a century, the indigenous Kaiowá and Guarani people of Brazil ...
Brazil Logging Mafia Kills Another Guardian of the Amazon
A leader of an Amazon tribe acclaimed for its environmental defenders has been killed, ...
Brazil Breaks Own Record with 63,880 Murders in 2017 or 175 per Day
Brazil had a record number of murders last year, with homicides rising 3.7% from ...
25 Years After Candelária Kids Massacre, Things Only Got Worse in Brazil
The murder of a group of street children in Rio de Janeiro sent shockwaves ...
Born to Fight Crime in the 1990s, Rio’s Militias Have Become Just Another Criminal Organization
In mid-May 2008, a journalist, a photographer and their driver were kidnapped and tortured ...
