Friday, March 29, 2024

Brazil

THE HUMAN COST OF THE AMAZON DAMS

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Brazil's ambitious programme for hydroelectric dam building in the Amazon region is going ahead. But, says Jan Rocha,the companies are not honouring their commitment to respect the rights of the local population and the workers on their sites.

Music Is Pleasure: An Interview with Gilberto Gil

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The iconic Brazilian musician's film Viramundo explains his unique view of culture, music and true multi-culturality.

BRAZIL: OPERATION TAPAJOS SUSPENDED

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A federal court has ruled that the military and police forces should be withdrawn and environmental impact studies be suspended from areas around the São Luiz do Tapajós dam in the state of Pará.

4th London Brazilian Film Festival is back!

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For the fourth time, the UK's capital is hosting a Brazilian Film Festival. In two weeks, between September 21 and 25, it returns, bringing a wide selection of 24 movies, including shorts, feature films and documentaries.

BRAZIL: DAY OF TERROR IN MATO GROSSO

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First-hand accounts of a violent attack unleashed by Brazilian police against indigenous community along the Tapajos river.

Brazil: pedagogy of the land

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Brazil: Pedagogy of the Land. A group of 50 peasant farmers in the Brazilian state of Pará have brought out a remarkable book, entitled "Harvest in Times of Drought".

Brazil: The cruel realities of domestic service

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Daughters of rural families find that work as maids in the city is no route to education and independence

Brazil: offshore oil threatens coral reef

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South America's largest coral reef will be at risk of destruction if drilling for up to 30 million barrels of oil off the coast of Maranhão is authorised. Also under threat will be the longest continuous stretch of mangrove in the world, which runs from the Maranhão coastline to the northern state of Amapá

Amazon: Did Dorothy Stang die for nothing?

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In Brazil illegal loggers are once again threatening families in the south of Pará where the US nun, Dorothy Stang, was assassinated in 2005. Natália Guerrero reports.

‘K’ by Bernardo Kucinksi receives enthusiastic review in USA

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World Literature Today calls 'K', published in English by LAB last year, as a 'compelling novel' and 'one of the most important to emerge in recent years'.

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