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27 Jun 2018 3 minute read

Letter from Marabá: Democracy in prison

Dan Baron Cohen writes from Cabelo Seco, where news of former president Lula’s sentencing has stirred waves...

2 May 2018 7 minute read

How Lula's imprisonment is uniting workers in Brazil

Michael Fox reports on the growing mobilization of workers against austerity, privatization and repression...

29 Apr 2018 3 minute read

Letter from Marabá: Toxic promises

Dan Baron Cohen’s debut column from the Brazilian Afro-indigenous community Cabalo Seco.

31 Mar 2018 1 minute read

Mercury levels rising in Brazil

A large-scale dam in the Amazon is leading to dangerously high levels of mercury in indigenous communities...

8 Apr 2018 3 minute read

Why Lula is a political prisoner, not a criminal

Brazil’s former president is now serving a long jail sentence. Mariana T Noviello reports.

19 Mar 2018 4 minute read

They’ve killed Marielle Franco – for doing good

She was a young, black, city councillor – and a beacon of hope in her Rio favela and for Brazil. Vanessa Baird...

1 Mar 2018 2 minute read

Young indigenous women block violence in Brazil

Young people in Brazil reconnect with their African roots, by Amy Hall.

Former president Lula on his Caravan of Hope tour around Brazil, ahead of this year’s elections.

4 Jan 2018 7 minute read

Brazil’s rich weaponize law to stop Lula campaign

‘Impossible’ for Lula to get fair trial, say lawyers. Vanessa Baird reports.

Indigenous people, set to be robbed of their land rights, took their protest to Brasilia – to be rebuffed by armed forces.

1 Oct 2017 7 minute read

Agribusiness seizes Brazilian power

Vanessa Baird writes on how agribusiness has mounted a coup against rural Brazilians.

1 Oct 2017 14 minute read

Brazil’s soft coup hardens

Vanessa Baird reports on Brazil’s unfolding rightwing takeover. Can it be stopped?

Women's rights Brazil: The state of sexism, rights of women and sexual minorities after the soft coup in Brazil

1 Oct 2017 5 minute read

What’s sex got to do with it?

Womens’ and minority rights are disappearing since the soft coup in Brazil, reports Vanessa Baird.

1 Oct 2017 10 minute read

‘We have a lot to teach the city’

Favela dwellers speak to Vanessa Baird about police violence and creative resistance.

1 Oct 2017 2 minute read

Marcela’s recipe: how to make a soft coup

This dish may seem challenging at first, but is guaranteed to impress your guests!

30 Sep 2017 2 minute read

What is Brazil’s ‘Operation Car Wash’?

Is it the world’s biggest corruption scandal? By Vanessa Baird.

27 Jul 2017 4 minute read

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Intersecting inequalities in Brazil hinder LGBT rights

The country's weakened democratic institutions pose increasing challenges for LGBT peoples’ rights, Rosana Miranda...

13 Jul 2017 5 minute read

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Is Lula’s sentence ‘another coup’?

Brazil’s ex-president was the favourite for next year’s election. Are the corruption charges politically motivated, asks...

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