Brazil: Lula imprisoned
The imprisonment of former president Lula takes place against a background which is complicated at best and murky at worst.
The case against him is...
Brazil: Lula’s last stand
São Paulo, 16 April. Lula disappeared into the federal police building in Curitiba on 7 April and nobody knows when he will be seen...
Brazil: the judges, the generals and all the president’s men
In a decision as closely watched as a World Cup final, Brazil’s Supreme Court decided by 6 to 5 to reject a habeas corpus...
Phillip Wearne – a tribute
“The people have spoken – the bastards!”
This tribute was first published by Haiti Support Group.
These words were muttered by a US Embassy official at...
The four bullets that killed Marielle
22 March 2018. Marielle Franco was executed with four bullets. One each for racism, misogyny, homophobia and impunity.
By killing Marielle, the assassins eliminated not...
Marielle: she inspired all of us
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Video: The intercept
The murder on 14 March of Marielle Franco, a young black city councillor and human rights campaigner, has deeply traumatized Rio de...
Violence in Rio escalates with murder of city councillor
Little did she know that she would be the next victim when Marielle Franco, a left-wing city councillor, penned her last twitter post, denouncing...
Brazil: aluminium company owns up to spill
Norsk Hydro’s Alunorte aluminum refining facility in Barcarena municipality, Pará state, has been accused by Brazilian authorities of contaminating the local waters of...
Brazil: mines mean murder (again)
Local leaders in Barcarena, Pará are in fear for their lives, following the murder on Monday 12 March of one of their leaders, 47...
Wixarika in Mexico Denounce Illegal Sale of Sacred Island
This article was first published by Telesur. You can see the original here.
Header image: Fragment of an art piece explaining Wixarika cosmology by Jose...