Viviane Faver Surrounded by the Atlantic Forest, small indigenous villages still resist the invasion of construction companies and the exploitation of their resources by outsiders. One of these villages is Guarani Mbya, located just a few hours away from the city of São Paulo, Brazil. […]
The arrests came after an outpouring of support for Vinícius Júnior after he said he was abused in Valencia. MADRID (AP) — Spanish police took action Tuesday after the latest case of abuse against Vinícius Júnior, arresting seven people accused of racially insulting the Real […]
Source: PABLO PORCIUNCULA / Getty Brazilian voters rejected a second term of far-right rule Sunday evening. With over a two million vote lead, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known as simply Lula, is now president-elect. Lula beat Bolsonaro by approximately six million votes in the […]
By Viviane Faver About 850 members from nearly four dozen Brazilian indigenous communities are camped in Brasilia to fight for indigenous land rights currently under consideration in the courts and Congress of Brazil. While lawmakers still debate the issue, indigenous peoples continue to be forcibly […]
The Brazilian government fails to act, but solidarity and voluntary work are doing everything to save the Brazilian forest Photo credit: Marcele Becker By Viviane Faver The Pantanal forest is the largest continental wetland in the world. Formed by flood plains, it […]
São Paulo, Brazil (CNN)In São Paulo, you can go to the market, hit a bar, attend Mass. All without wearing a mask, even though there have been more than 1.6 million cases of coronavirus in this country and deaths are continuing to rise. The old town was […]
(CNN) That Brazil saw warning signs would be a dramatic understatement. As Covid-19 raced across Europe, knocked the UK Prime Minister flat, and throttled New York City earlier this year, Brazil had plenty of notice that a catastrophe was on its way. But was some of […]
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — When the dry season returns, the Amazon forest will burn again, as it does every year. But this time promises to be different. Last year’s international headlines caught Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, and his allies by surprise. We can expect their […]
Tedros Adhanom-Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, on Wednesday said that more cases had been reported to the agency in the last 24 hours than any time since the novel coronavirus outbreak began. “We still have a long way to go in this […]
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