Brazil’s 2018 General Elections to Have More Diverse Candidates
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – This year’s elections for president, state governors and congressional...
August 27, 2018Topic
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Rio Screens Brazilian Independent Films Focused on Social Exclusion
Exhibit "Periferia da Imagem" (Periphery of Image) will screen forty films from fourteen Brazilian states, promote debates and workshops until...
April 17, 2018
Day of the Indian Commemorated with Event at Parque Lage in Rio Today
Today, Saturday, April 14th, from 9AM to 5PM, the beautiful surroundings of Parque Lage in Jardim Botânico opens a free...
April 14, 2018
Brazil to Investigate Possible Massacre of Indigenous
Officials investigate rumors that members of an isolated tribe were killed by miners illegally prospecting in the region.
September 12, 2017
United Nations Criticizes Brazil’s Indigenous Policies
According to the U.N. Brazil has had the highest number of killings of indigenous and land defenders of any country...
June 9, 2017
Native Tribe in Brazil Attacked with Guns and Machetes
Entities working with the tribe population say at least thirteen indigenous were injured, two of them had their hands severed...
May 2, 2017
Senate Approves New Immigration Amnesty Law in Brazil
Those critical of the new law say there fear that Brazil's border security may be compromised.
April 19, 2017
Belo Monte Dam Operator in Brazil Ordered to Pay Damages
Norte Energia has been ordered to pay R$15 million for moral damages caused to the population who lives in the...
June 10, 2016
Rousseff to Sign Demarcation of Indigenous Lands in Brazil
More than 1,500 indigenous descended up on Brasilia last week to protest the delays in demarcation of indigenous territories.
April 20, 2015