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Curitiba: beyond the myth of the perfect city
Curitiba is known around the world for innovative urban planning and European heritage. During a speech at the World Social Forum, however, Carol Dartora …
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Marielle Franco would have turned 40 today
500 days after the socialist city councilwoman’s assassination, the people who ordered her killing are still at large On Saturday, July 27th, Congressman Marcelo …
Sadism and Misogyny in Bolsonaro’s Aryan Nation
In São Paulo, funk singer MC Reaça, who composed misogynistic jingles for Bolsonaro’s presidential campaign, attempts to beat pregnant girlfriend to death then kills …
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Not one more drop of blood spilled
Indigenous people and their supporters protest in 51 cities around the World against the neo-fascist Bolsonaro administration’s dismantling of reservations, cultural and land rights …
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São Paulo: Thousands Protest for Abortion Rights
The protest, which temporarily shut down Paulista Avenue, comes on the heels of a recent victory in Argentina and on the eve of a Federal …
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Guardian Criminalizes the Urban Poor in Rockefeller-Sponsored Series on São Paulo
The Guardian kicked off a week of coverage about São Paulo today, as part of its Rockefeller Foundation sponsored “Cities” Series. Although part of …
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Capital’s class war in Brazil: An interview with Brian Mier
An interview with Brasil Wire editor Brian Mier. In the following interview, which first appeared on the Chicago radio program This is Hell on …
A Carnival of Chaos
The coup has transformed Brazil into a carnival of chaos and a parade of instability where samba drums have the rhythm of a planned insanity. …
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Alcântara Spaceport: Race, Land Rights and National Sovereignty
One day in 1993 I met a group of Brazilian military officers in São Luis airport. We flew off the …
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Escalating repression and managing disorder
FASE – one of Brazil’s oldest and most respective Non-Governmental Organisations, have published this bulletin on the current situation in the country. Although Michel …
