Brazil
The devastating, irreparable death of Aruká Juma
March 3, 2021The death of the last survivor of the Juma people, the warrior Amoim Aruká, from complications linked to COVID-19, is an incalculable tragedy. There were 15,000 of them at the turn of the 20th century and...
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‘Executive Order’: A futuristic ‘final solution’ to the Brazilian ‘race problem’ at PAFF
February 24, 2021This imaginative movie is a highly recommended film from Brazil that personifies PAFF’s motion picture panache and ethos.
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Leading Brazilian Communist José Carlos Ruy has died
February 8, 2021Please understand, I have no title for this text. I’ll let André Cintra, the competent cultural editor of Vermelho, choose one.
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Drastic effects of COVID in Manaus, Brazil: No oxygen, patients transferred, curfew
January 19, 2021This week the capital of the state of Amazonas, Brazil, broke the record for new hospitalizations and burials.
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Global demand for meat propels deforestation in Brazil, says report
January 19, 2021The growing world consumption of meat and the actions of the current government are the main ingredients of a recipe leading to the destruction of the Brazilian rainforest.
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