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Street vendor executed after police killed Senegalese man in São Paulo- “We live in a pressure cooker,” workers say Street vendor executed after police killed Senegalese man in São Paulo: “We live in a pressure cooker,” workers say

Edineide Rodrigues was killed months after testifying in an accusation about how the militia works in the Brás district.

Senegalese community in São Paulo protests following murder of a street vendor: “It was not an accident”

For the past several days, the Senegalese community in São Paulo has been protesting the police killing of a street vendor on April 11

One month after Brazil’s MST encampment massacre, masterminds are still unidentified

The attack on the Olga Benário settlement on January 10 killed two people and injured six.

On day of historic strike in São Paulo, thousands rally against privatization

The crowd protested outside Alesp, while deputies discussed Sabesp’s concession plan to the private sector

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

COVID-19 in Brazilian prisons 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