Ladislara
A blog as diverse as my life has been
Tag: Brazil
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The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas [Book Review]
A classic of Brazilian literature about a man obsessed with himself
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Doramar: Stories of Those Who Were Forgotten
Booker nominee Itamar Vieira Jr. explores the universe of domestic workers, enslaved men, executioners and the insane
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Book Review: From Scraps to the Everest
The story of the first Black Brazilian woman to climb Mt. Everest. An the 130 tons of recyclable material she had to collect to fund her expedition.
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Floods in Brazil: a Tragedy on Repeat
Disasters like this one in Rio Grande do Sul have been common in Brazil since the 60s. Here’s what’s behind it
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Book Review: Child of the Dark*- The Diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus
One of the most venerated Brazilian authors, the autobiography of her life in the slums and my issues with it
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Bolsonaro – The Bitter Fruit of the Brazilian Spring
How a popular uprising from left-wing student organizations set the chain of events that would elect an anti-woke populist
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Alexandre de Moraes: Who’s the Brazilian Judge at Odds with Elon Musk
How a Brazilian judge formerly nicknamed “Pitbull” by the left became the far-right #1 enemy
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Inside the 2013 Brazilian Spring – The June that Brazil Wouldn’t Forget
How a 20 cents raise in bus fares combined with police violence and real-time sharing on social media made the popular indignation explode in Brazil.
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The Laboring Children
The difference between a kid who sells lemonade down the street to buy a fancy toy and a boy who has to work so his parents can eat
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