São Paulo’s largest favela walks for life, hope and democracy
The Walk for Life was organized in Heliópolis, to support the candidacy of Fernando Haddad for governor of São Paulo and of Lula da Silva for president of Brazil.
Gilmar Mauro: “Defeating neo-fascism in Brazil is fundamental”
The national leader of the Landless Rural Workers’ Movement spoke about the work needed by left and progressive sectors within Brazil and globally to defeat the far right and save humanity
Mapping Faultlines: Brazil heads to a contentious run-off election
In this episode, NewsClick’s Prabir Purkayastha talks about the recent Brazilian elections and the performance of former President Lula da Silva and incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. He also analyzes the global significance of the elections
Overcrowding, shortage of doctors and lack of water: living through pandemic in São Paulo’s prisons
A report released on April 1 by the Public Defender of São Paulo describes the horrible conditions in prison amid the pandemic
Italian students protest education policy, Australia moves to ban Hamas and other stories
Today we look at student protests for safe and dignified education in Italy, Australia’s decision to outlaw Hamas, and more
Mexico’s Supreme Court ratifies order to halt cultivation of GMO corn and other stories
Today we look at a ruling by Mexico’s Supreme Court upholding a ban on GMO corn, ongoing violence against protestors in Swaziland, and more
Brazil’s Supreme Court rules that Sérgio Moro was partial when convicting Lula
Minister Cármen Lúcia changed her vote from 2018 and flipped the ruling against the former judge Sérgio Moro
What’s at stake in Brazil’s municipal elections this Sunday
The first elections since Bolsonaro took office are marred by the pandemic and fragmentation within the left
Victims of reopening in Brazil: Stories of those who contracted COVID-19 going back to work
São Paulo begins a new phase of reopening, but flexibility has its victims, expert warns of infection rate increase
Reopening in São Paulo is sending “population to the slaughterhouse,” warns COVID-19 specialist
Domingos Alves questions the criteria used to allow the reopening, arguing that the decision goes against data
The human toll of COVID-19 in Brazil
The corona crisis has also brought to the forefront the crisis in Brazil’s healthcare system. The Sistema Único de Saúde – SUS -, Brazil’s publicly funded health system has been facing dire budget cuts over the past several years while the private system has been steadily growing.
Brazil’s right wing rallies against physical distancing
Amid government neglect and irresponsibility, social movements have reaffirmed that only the people will save the people.
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