Truthout
Brazil
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Prison Privatization in Brazil Follows US Model
Brazil has the world's fourth-largest prison population. Like the US, Brazil is rapidly advancing in the privatization of its incarceration system.
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Fighting a Low-Intensity War, Indigenous Tupinamba Recover Their Land in Brazil
Indigenous peoples did something the Brazilian government had refused.
Health Disaster Strikes Recently Contacted Indians in Brazil
Jakarewyj, a member of the Awu00e1 tribe, has contracted flu and a severe respiratory disease after her group was "surrounded by loggers."
GMO Trees Approved in Brazil in Violation of National Law and International Protocols
Today the Brazilian Technical Commission on Biosafety (CTNBio) formally approved an industry request to release genetically engineered (GE) eucalyptus trees.
Deforestation in the Amazon Aggravates Brazil’s Energy Crisis
In Brazil water and electricity go together, and two years of scant rainfall have left tens of millions of people on the verge of water and power rationing.
Rousseff’s Brazil: No Country for the Landless
Some 200,000 peasant farmers still have no plot of their own to farm.
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In Brazil, a Struggle to Protect Indigenous Land From an Oil Society
The consequences of drilling new oil wells in deep water will impact Brazil's traditional communities.
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BRAZIL: Call to Impeach Dilma Not As Popular As Portrayed
Protestors are now waving banners with the words "Fora Dilma" and favoring the same English word "impeachment."
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A Sea of People Fighting for Water in Sao Paulo
It seems the southeast has turned into its worst nightmare.
Massive Corruption Scandal Implicates Brazil’s Amazon Dam Builders
Testimony from jailed operators of Petrobras scandal point to similar corruption scheme involving politicians and major construction firms.