Tag: Brazil
Through Green Land Grabbing, Farmers in the Amazon Steal from Indians and Trick the Law
As global demand for food commodities has swelled, so has the practice of “land ...
Brazil President Calls Macron’s Warmth Towards Lula a Provocation
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said that former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva being ...
The Prince, the Frog and the Serpent: Brazilian Presidential Politics Since 1985
Brazilian presidential politics since 1985 is a parable of a feud between a Prince ...
Brazil Vows to Stop Deforestation. But Can You Trust President Bolsonaro?
On the second day of COP26 – the UN climate negotiations in Glasgow – ...
It’s About Time Brazil President Abandon His Rhetoric and Join the International Community
Maintaining power since January of 2019, the Bolsonaro administration has designed foreign policy objectives ...
RISKS TO THE RABBLE: The Struggle to Keep Democracy Real in Brazil
Over the past two months, opposition parties and civil society movements in Brazil have ...
Missionaries Barred from Contacting Brazil’s Isolated Indians
Brazil’s highest court has upheld a ban on missionary activity inside reserves that are ...
While Bolsonaro Is in Free Fall, Lula Installs His Own Shadow Cabinet in Brasília
The Brazilian Senatorial Committee investigating President Jair Bolsonaro’s management of the COVID-19 crisis describes ...
Climate Events in Brazil Have Started a Non-Ending Rise of World Coffee Prices
International Coffee Day feels very different this year. Introduced by the International Coffee Organization ...
Lia Rodrigues: A Dance to the Wounds and Powerlessness of Brazilians
With contorted faces and twitching bodies, dancers come together, push each other away, and ...