Tag: pandemic

Lula is to report on his shadow cabinet work October 8, it was announced

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 ...

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The Deep Structure of Bolsonaro’s Brazil

Many writers and filmmakers claim artistic expression is more powerful at transmitting the tragedy ...

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It’s High Time to End Conflation of Sex Work and Human Trafficking

The Covid-19 pandemic and the measures put in place to mitigate it have exacerbated ...

Family members embrace at a funeral in Manaus, Brazil | Lucas Silva/dpa/Alamy Live News

Unable to Control Covid, Brazil Has Become a Global Threat

The world is nearing the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel thanks ...

The pandemic blew up some carefully constructed 'polycules.' Bilyana Stoyanovska/EyeEm via Getty Images

It Isn’t Easy Being a Polyamorous in These Times of Pandemic

A few years ago I started conducting interviews with over 100 people about their ...

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 ...

People with Covid-10 being buried in collective graves

Resurgence of Covid-19 in Brazil’s Amazon Dashes Hopes of Herd Immunity

The largest city in Brazil’s Amazon has closed bars and river beaches to contain ...

Standard Bearer for Rio's Escola de Samba Portela

Rio Carnaval Will Have to Wait for Green Light from the Coronavirus

Rio de Janeiro’s world famous Carnaval parade will not take place in February 2021 ...

Olimpio Guajajara, wearing a bulletproof vest, crouches down in a team making the rounds in Arariboia - Photo: Olimpio Guajajara, personal file

Brazil’s Guardians of the Forest: a Story of Bravery and Blood

If we ask Olimpio Santos Guajajara when the Guardians of the Forest were founded, ...

An indigenous community in Brazil wearing masks against coronavirus

With Close to 1,000 Deaths, Brazil Indians Get an App to Keep Track of Covid-19

Indigenous and environmental organizations in Brazil launched an app aimed at alerting indigenous communities ...

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