Tag: Brazil
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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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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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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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