Tag: Brazil
Police Raid Turns into a Massacre of 25 People in a Rio Favela
At least 25 people were dead and four hospitalized in the aftermath of a ...
Lula Marries Janja. Third Time’s the Charm
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Wednesday married sociologist Rosângela da Silva ...
YELLOW-GREEN WAS THE COLOR OF MY REVOLUTION
Brazil’s presidential elections amidst the Ukrainian War One of the effects in Brazil of ...
Behind in the Polls for Reelection, Brazil’s Bolsonaro Courts Putin
Presidents Jair Bolsonaro and Vladimir Putin have one thing in common – they’re both ...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro Has Learned Well His Lessons with Trump
The day after the attack on the US Capitol in January 2021, Brazil’s president ...
Intergenerational Baiting and Being Cringe in Brazil
Last week, Christian Langkamp highlighted some of the reasons for growing intergenerational tensions in ...
Mário de Andrade’s To Love, Intransitive Verb: The Novel that Launched Brazil’s Modernist Movement
Ana Lessa-Schmidt’s translation of Mário de Andrade’s modernist classic, To Love, Intransitive Verb, is ...
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 ...
How Brazil Is Privatizing Public Forests and Opening the Door for More Deforestation
Imagine that several state legislators decide that Yellowstone National Park is too big. Also ...
Elza Soares: Brazil’s Voice of the Millennium Goes Silent
Elza Soares, one of the most revered singers in Brazilian samba music, died at ...
