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Benedita da Silva’s 50 year fight for racial justice
The veteran congresswoman and civil rights leader speaks about her role in the 2020 municipal elections and the record number of newly elected Afro-Brazilian …
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Interview: Curitiba City Councilor Carol Dartora
“We view the state of Parana as a laboratory for all of Bolsonaro’s worst ideas,” says Dartora, who is the first Afro-Brazilian woman elected …
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Justice for João Alberto! Protesters attack Carrefour store in São Paulo
The murder of João Alberto Silveira Freitas by security guards at a Carrefour supermarket in Porto Alegre triggered mass protests on Black Consciousness Day, as Vice …
The people of Brazil must know they do not stand alone
By Claudia Webbe MP At the time of writing (August 26), Brazil has the second most cases (3,622,861) and deaths (115,309) from Coronavirus in …
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“Let’s End Hunger”: Michael Brooks’ Final Plea
“There is no democracy, there is no functioning citizenship, there is no basic humanity while there is hunger.” On one of his final podcasts …
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Frei Betto: A Genocide Is Taking Place In Brazil
Frei Betto is a Brazilian writer, philosopher, liberation theologian, and Dominican friar. Involved in Brazil’s emancipatory struggles for decades, Betto was imprisoned for four years …
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COVID-19 in Latin America: Growing Challenges in the World’s Most Unequal Region
By Rafael R. Ioris. This article originally appeared at COHA and is republished with permission. Confirming what scientists had been saying for the last …
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Pandemic, Racism and Indigenous / Black Genocide in Brazil: Coronavirus and Extermination Policy
By Felipe Milanez and Samuel Vida Tragedies are always socially unequal and expose in a striking way historically constructed inequalities, for example in the …
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Maré shows its force – a Rio community fights against coronavirus
An Interview with Dr. Eliana Sousa Silva, Director of Redes da Maré. By Brian Mier One of tourists’ first impressions of Rio de Janeiro …
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Bolsonaro and Coronavirus: A Tragedy Foretold
“No room for sentiment” said Wall Street insiders in 2018, as their man Jair Bolsonaro ascended to the Brazilian Presidency. In the face of …
