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Race, Politics and Education in Brasil
In the new Brazilian movie, “Que Horas ela Volta?” Regina Casé plays a North-Eastern kitchen maid for a rich woman in São Paulo. The …
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Anti-government protests fizzle: Could this be the end of a cycle?
During a year in which the Brazilian Military Police claimed that the São Paulo gay parade somehow shrunk from its regular crowd of 2.5 …
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The Problem With Veja…
A toxic rag with an agenda that goes far beyond journalism. – Jon Lee Anderson, veteran reporter at the New Yorker. Last week football legend …
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The Curious Case of the Brazilian Royal Family
When Napoleon Bonaparte and his troops invaded Portugal the royal family fled to Brazil. In 1822 they declared independence and Dom Pedro I became …
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Brasil is not Rio
The Olympics are arriving in a year and it is only a matter of time before thousands of journalists parachute into Rio as they …
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A Brief Look at Brazilian Social Movements
Brazil currently has its most conservative Congress in decades. As violence against social movements increases and the criminalization of Brazilian social movements in the …
