Truthout
Brazil
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“Indigenous People’s Day” Will Be the Day We Regain Our Lands
In Brazil, April 19 is “the Day of the Indian,” a commemoration imposed by whites. But the indigenous Guaranu00ed people have nothing to celebrate.
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The Fold Behind the Knee: Kopenawa and Albert’s “Falling Sky“
Davi Kopenawa and Bruce Albert's “The Falling Sky: Words of a Yanomami Shaman” is a monument to the authors' lifetime of friendship and collaboration and a searing testimony of …
Assassinations and Constitutions
What is happening in America today is actually worse than what happened in Brazil in the '70s.
On Heels of Brazil-Wide Protests, Aerospace Strikers Win Pay Raise
Brazil's labor laws are better than ours. Unions are allowed everywhere and workers vote by region and sector on which union will represent them.
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Massive Indigenous Rights Movement Launches Across Brazil
Brazil's Articulation of Indigenous People's (APIB) called the mobilizations to protest the attack against territorial rights of native peoples.
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Rebelling Against Massive Use of Pesticides, Brazilians Shift to Organic Foods
Chemicals which have been banned in most other countries get dumped in Brazil due to lax legislation and intense lobbying from chemical companies.
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Without Privacy There Can Be No Democracy
The president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, spoke this morning at the United Nations and delivered a powerful indictment of spying by the NSA on behalf of the United States.
Brazil’s Cancellation of State Visit Marks Another Low Point in US-Latin American Relations
The Brazilian president's cancelled visit, over NSA spying, ought to jolt the US out of its arrogant disrespect for Latin America.
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India’s Depreciating Currency: Why the Panic?
Paul Krugman: The rupee might be plunging fast, but what is causing panic?
Salvador Protests Attempt to Disrupt FIFA Game in Brazil
Salvador's ‘Sleeping Giant’ awakens as city erupts in violence during FIFA confederation cup