Thursday, March 28, 2024

Brazil

SOUTH ATLANTIC: US AND UK CONFRONT SHIFTING SANDS

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From the Caribbean to the Antarctic new political and military alliances challenge the NATO paradigm.

Aldeia Maracanã marks 513 years of Indigenous Evictions in Brazil

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A few minutes from Maracanã stadium, urban Indigenous village struggles to save an historical building in danger as Brazil's World Cup approaches

New form of activism in rural Brazil

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Young people in the eastern Amazon are rediscovering their culture and identity through a programme initiated by Dan Baron Cohen, a UK activist.

Brazil chooses a racist homophobe to head its Human Rights Commission

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Protests and demonstrations greet inexplicable appointment by Brazil's Congress

BRAZIL: RIO’S SHANTY TOWNS GO GREEN

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Adapting to climate change often seems an earnest business, but adaptation in some of Rio de Janeiro's shantytowns is very different - helping the favelas to flower can help to protect them against destruction.

BRAZIL: ARRIVAL OF CUBAN BLOGGER HITS A NERVE

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Yoani Sánchez' tour of Brazil provokes a storm of Cold War polemic.

CULTURE AND CONFLICT IN SOUTHERN PARA

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LAB editor Francis McDonagh describes a visit to the south of the Brazilian state of Pará, starting in Belém and moving into deepest darkest rancher country.

BRAZIL: HOW BEIJING IS SHAPING THE AMAZON

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As China buys agricultural and forest land, mines and smelters, its massive demands threaten the future of the Amazon Basin.

BRAZIL: INDIGENOUS DEATH SPARKS REVOLT

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Some 5,000 Guarani-Kaiowáare are protesting over the failure of the authorities to arrest the self-confessed killer of an indigenous boy in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. According to a report sent to LAB by the Indians, the situation is tense.

LATIN AMERICA: WHOSE FREE PRESS?

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At last the question all too rarely asked about 'free' press: who owns it?

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