By Kawsachun News Political debate in Brazil is being reduced to “Christians” vs “Communists” by Jair Bolsonaro’s campaign, with no room for discussion of proposals for government policy, projects and programs. The campaign has resorted to exploiting religious voters and their faith for electoral purposes, with polls indicating that he’s been loosing key support from […]
By Nathália Urban Brazil is home to several cultures and religions, such as Islam, which according to a demographic census by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), carried out in 2010 is practiced by 35.000, but the Islamic associations in the country and Harvard Divinity School argue that the number it can reach […]
By Nathalia Urban Indigenous communities are considered a priority group in vaccination against COVID-19 in Brazil, but due to the influence of missionaries some public health agents are facing hostility and even threats from some communities. In the race to guarantee the immunization of indigenous peoples, a logistics that implies difficulties such as facing long […]
In conversation about the past and the present, Manuel Domingos Neto reflects on the role of the Armed Forces in Brazil. By Cristiane Sampaio and Pedro Stropasolas. Brasil de Fato In these times when the military presence takes shape in varied compartments of Brazilian politics, it is from memory and history that the writer Manuel […]
A survey by Instituto Quaest reveals that the elderly, evangelicals and the rich are most susceptible to Bolsonaro’s lies about Coronavirus. Valor Magazine’s Bruno Carazza says that according to the survey data, “Bolsonaro’s communication strategy is efficient in mobilizing his electorate. The message that the press is exaggerating to cover the coronavirus crisis is spreading […]
“The doors are now open”: indigenous people denounce missionaries targeting uncontacted tribes. By Survival International. March 11, 2020 The NTM in Brazil unveil their new helicopter for reaching uncontacted tribes in the Javari Valley © NTM Missionaries targeting uncontacted tribes in Brazil have announced that they will shortly start using a helicopter to convert previously unreachable tribes. Key […]
By Ana Keila Mosca Pinezi The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus or IURD) is a complex that involves a media empire not only aimed at propagating its religious and moral precepts and proselytizing, but also expressing the extraordinary growth of the Evangelicals in Brazil, especially that of […]
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Vatican News runs and retracts false information about Papal Assessor’s visit to Lula. After widely publicizing the former, Brazil’s biggest news companies ignore the retraction. The Vatican is no stranger to intrigue and infighting. A recent scandal involving a Papal Assessor being barred by a Curitiba Judge from delivering a message and Blessed Rosary to ex-President Lula […]