Distrust, Fear, and Death: COVID-19 Overwhelms Amazonian Bolivia
It started off so innocently – people safely secure in their homes. Bolivia had just undergone a revolution that kept...
June 18, 2020Topic
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Between the Virus, Hunger, and Bullets: The Daily Chess Game Against Covid-19 in Favelas
On June 15, the state of Rio de Janeiro exceeded 80,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases and nearly 8,000 deaths, according to...
June 18, 2020
Police Violence Excluded from Report on Rights Violations in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Federal Government has excluded from its annual human rights report, Disque Direitos Humanos (Dial...
June 13, 2020
Supra-Partisan, Pro-Democracy Movements in Brazil Attract Fewer Supporters Than Expected
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – In the past ten days at least three supra-partisan social movements were created in Brazil to...
June 10, 2020
Death of Small Black Child, Neglected by His Mother’s White Employer, Shocks Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Miguel Otávio Santana da Silva, 5, died last Tuesday, June 2nd, when he fell from...
June 5, 2020
Florianópolis Completes One Month with No Coronavirus Deaths
On Thursday, June 4th, the city of Florianópolis completed one month without new deaths from Covid-19, a disease caused by...
June 5, 2020
Google Search for Airline Tickets in Brazil Hits Historic Low
Faced with a pandemic that has left the airline industry virtually inoperative and has imposed severe social distancing measures, flight...
June 5, 2020
Anti-vaccine Movement Grows Worldwide Amid Pandemic
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - "How are anti-vaxxers doing now?" jokingly wondered host and comedian Pablo Motos on his Spanish...
June 5, 2020
The Reaction of Latin Americans and Hispanics to Death of George Floyd
The death of African-American George Floyd during a police intervention in the US metropolis of Minneapolis caused bewilderment and anger...
June 5, 2020