Friday, March 29, 2024

Brazil

BRAZIL AFTER SANTA MARIA

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LAB Editor Francis McDonagh discusses what the tragedy in southern Brazil, in which 236 young people were killed, tells us about Brazil's ambition to be a member of the 'rich country' club.

JOAO ZINCLAR: KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT

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With great sadness we report the premature death of Brazilian photographer João Zinclar, who took many of the photographs which illustrate the LAB book "Cutting The Wire - The Story of the Landless Movement in Brazil", published in 2002.

BRAZIL: IS CLIMATE CHANGE FINALLY BEING TAKEN MORE SERIOUSLY?

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While inexplicably climate change has been falling off the agenda in the UK, despite the indications that the world is heading towards catastrophe even more quickly than we feared, there are signs that finally Brazil is waking up to the crisis.

La Mezcla

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A rich salsa of news, events and opinion from across the Region.

Reconnecting with Recife

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LAB's Francis McDonagh renews his links with Recife, and observes Brazil at a slant, outside the São Paulo-Brasília beltway.

DOM PEDRO’S GREETINGS CARD

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Greetings card sent for Christmas & New Year 2012/3 by Dom Pedro Casaldáliga (in Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan)

The “Red Bishop” of the Amazon

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Dom Pedro Casaldáliga, the 84-year-old retired bishop of São Felix do Araguaia in Mato Grosso, has been forced to flee from his home because of death threats from big landowners. Sue Branford recalls the first time she met him nearly 40 years ago.

BRAZIL AND THE SCANDAL OF THE RURAL LOBBY

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In a surprisingly frank interview with the Brazilian weekly, Carta Capital, Paulo Maldos, a presidential aide, says that he has been shocked by the unscrupulous way the rural landowners lobby the government at the highest level.

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