The Amazon: hunger – the invisible side of Covid-19
This article originally appeared in Portuguese in the Portuguese newspaper O Público, on 2 April, here.
The version published by Amazon Latitude, here, was translated...
Rapid deforestation may fuel pandemics
Nearly 25,000 COVID-19 cases have
been confirmed in Brazil, with 1,378 deaths as of April 15, though some
experts say this is an underestimate....
São Paulo: the streets under ‘social isolation’
(main image, above) Thursday 26 March, 1:54 pm. A homeless person lies in the entrance to one of the many banks on Rua Boa...
Brazil: local activists fill the information vacuum on Covid-19
This article was researched and written by José Cícero da Silva for Agência Pública, LAB’s São Paulo partner
Translated for LAB by Tom Gatehouse. You...
Brazil: Indigenous people in the Amazon brace for coronavirus
This article is available on Deutsche Welle's English website. You can read the original Portuguese article here.
Main image: Dr Erik Jennings (left) has been...
Brazil’s disaster movie
Watching the Brazilian political scene is a
bit like watching an old disaster movie, where a suicidal maniac has taken over
the plane’s controls and put...
Brazil’s prisons: Covid-19 massacre imminent
Open and poorly treated
wounds, food waste on the cell floor, rat faeces, little ventilation, water
rationing, insects everywhere. While some inmates do not even get...
Indigenous peoples: why it matters to us all if they catch...
This article was translated for LAB by Chloe Budd. You can read the original (in Spanish) here.
Main image: Raya, an old Nahua....
Brazilian Amazon: first Covid-19 case among indigenous people
A 20-year-old Kokama indigenous
woman in northern Amazonas state tested positive for the virus,
according to the federal government’s body in charge of health...
Ecuador and Covid-19
This report was prepared for LAB by Linda Etchart, author of the chapter on Indigenous People's in LAB's Voices of Latin America. Linda ...