Brazil

June 21, 2022
Ciro Barros, Rubens Valente, Avener Prado, and José Medeiros

A suspect has admitted to killing the journalist and Indigenous expert while they were reporting in the Amazon. Agência Pública retraces the steps of their final trip.

May 9, 2022
Constance Malleret

Although the game is historically tied to criminal groups, Brazil’s Congress is debating a proposal to legalize it.

March 30, 2022
Anna Beatriz Anjos

Activists from Brazil’s urban peripheries are among the hardest hit by the climate crisis, and they are becoming increasingly active in the fight against it.

March 5, 2022
Chris N. Lesser

The recent mudslides in Petrópolis are just the latest examples of the issues of unequal access to land and precarious housing in Brazil.

January 4, 2022
Keisha-Khan Y. Perry

For Marielle Franco's sister, the 2018 assassination and impunity surrounding it highlight how racism and misogyny in Brazil treat Black bodies as disposable.

December 23, 2021
Claudia Horn

Para uma ocupação do MST, o ataque acelerado à Amazônia sob o governo Bolsonaro intensificou a constante ameaça de desapropriação.

December 14, 2021
Rebecca Wilson, Cathy McIlwaine, Jelke Boesten

In the global struggle against gendered violence, Latin American women are key changemakers.

December 1, 2021
Lívia Peres Milani

When will the Biden administration change its pattern of ignoring blatant human rights violations and the deterioration of democracy in Latin America?

May 19, 2021
Marcos Colón

Henry Ford’s 20th century rubber plantation and company town pioneered a model of destructive forest industrialization still in full force in Brazil’s Amazon.

November 12, 2020
Dalila Fernandes de Negreiros

In November 15 elections, Black women are running for office to continue the legacy of the murdered councilwoman and address historical underrepresentation in politics.

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