Brazil: Ripe for another year of protest?
The causes of last year's demonstrations haven't been addressed. But are Brazilians tired of demonstrating?
Brazilian Favelas: ‘I Died In The Mare’
Mare Favela children speak in a crowd-funded documentary film about life in a Brazilian urban slum.
Paraguay: Can the deforestation be stopped?
The Chaco region is under imminent threat of total deforestation
Amazonas: Brazil’s Indians under threat from land grabs
Violence against indigenous people in Humaitá in the state of Amazonas has recently flared up again, but conflict over land, logging and roads dates back decades.
Catalytic Communities (Catcomm)
A collaborative network which organizes support for favela residents in Rio de Janeiro
Rio On Watch
A bilingual news website giving favela perspectives on the urban transformation of Rio
The Rolezinho – the new craze in Brazil
Afro-Brazilians have created a new pattern of behaviour that challenges class and racial prejudices.
Brazil’s prisons: A fate worse than death?
'I would rather die than spend a long time in one of our prisons' --Minister of Justice Cardozo.
Brazil: indigenous conflicts in Amazonas and Maranhao
While the village of the Tenharim indians has been invaded by settlers in the state of Amazonas,settlers in the state of Maranhão on the other side of the Amazon basin have finally being ordered to leave the reserve of the Awá indians.