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Violence Against Reporters in Latin America Increased in 2018
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The improvement seen in the 2018 annual Reporters Without Borders (RFS) report on freedom of...
Over 1.3 Million Hectares of Forests Disappeared in Brazil in 2018
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – About 12 million hectares of rainforests disappeared in 2018, according to data from Global Forest...
Turkey Asks For Extradition of Turkish-Brazilian Businessman
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The Turkish government of Recep Erdogan wants Brazil’s government to extradite Turkish-born businessman, Ali Sipahi,...
Brazilian Paralympic Swimmer is Prohibited From Competing
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – One of Brazil’s biggest medalists in Paralympic games, swimmer André Brasil, has been reclassified and...
Passengers Stranded as Avianca Cancels Hundreds of Flights
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Over fifteen hundred flights operated by Avianca have been cancelled until Sunday, April 28th throughout...
Indigenous Peoples Gather in Brazil for Annual Terra Livre Camp
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Nearly four thousand indigenous from several ethnicities around Brazil are camping out in Brasilia until...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro Government is Its Own Worst Enemy
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – After three and a half months in power, the Administration of President Jair Bolsonaro seems...
São Paulo Fashion Week Introduces Newcomers to Brazil’s Fashion Circuit
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Under the theme, ‘What is Your Utopia?’ the 47th edition of São Paulo Fashion Week...
Brazil’s Economic Growth Forecast Falls For the Eighth Consecutive Time
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Financial institutions in Brazil reduced on Monday the country’s economic growth forecast for the eighth...
São Paulo’s Japan House Exhibits Traditional and Technological Japan
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Two exhibitions at São Paulo’s Japan House will try to show viewers both a Japan...
Inmate Deaths Due to Disease Up by 114 Percent in Rio Since 2010
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The deaths of inmates in Rio de Janeiro state due to diseases acquired during incarceration,...
Brazil’s Capital, Brasilia, Celebrates Its 59th Birthday
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – As Brasilia celebrated its 59th birthday on Sunday, residents of Brazil’s capital say that the...
Brazilian State Apologizes For Potholes With Giant Billboards
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The state of Goias, in the Center-West region of Brazil, is apologizing to residents and...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro Wants to Classify Land Invasion as a Terrorist Act
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s President, Jair Bolsonaro, announced his government is sending a bill to Congress that would...