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Pro-Democracy Protest Hit By Police Incitement And Far-Right Infiltration
On Sunday May 31, mask wearing protesters broke quarantine to demonstrate for the removal of President Jair Bolsonaro, and against his efforts to decapitate …
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São Paulo: Police kill 9 unarmed youth at street party
Scandal grows as smartphone videos show laughing police officers beating unarmed teenagers on a night of 9 deaths. São Paulo Governor João Doria defends …
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The day the sky went out
On Monday afternoon a giant smoke cloud emanating from burning rainforest over 1000 kilometers away engulfed São Paulo in darkness. By Brian Mier On …
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“We will be together, marching forward.”
by Gaía Passarelli. I never thought I’d get here. And sometimes I want to believe that it will not get worse. But then I …
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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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São Paulo: 34 days after fire, victims still living in tents
City, State and Federal Governments abandon victims of Paysandu fire and building collapse By Benedito Barbosa On May 1, a former federal police building …
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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 …
Mamba Negra & Teto Preto: A soundtrack for Brasil’s dystopian moment
In August 2016, the eyes of the world were on Brasil for all the wrong reasons; a shadowy coup d’état in progress, police repression …
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We have to talk about João Doria
He’s a political insider who pretends to be an outsider. He is a businessman prone to hysterical twitter meltdowns, who has fired staff live …
The Golpista Everyman & the “Clean” City
In October São Paulo voters went to the polls and threw out one of the World’s most progressive big city governments in favor of …
