The big white stone in the distance by the bushes is the grave of Dorothy Stang. Born in 1931 in Dayton, Ohio, Stang grew up a devout Catholic. She went straight into the nunnery upon leaving school i
For a long time, those fighting for indigenous and environmental justice in the Amazon have been murdered by lawless landowners. It doesn’t much matter if they are Brazilian like Chico Mendes or
Huh, imagine doing this to one Donald Trump: Since the pandemic started, one in 10 people living in Brazil has contracted COVID-19, and more than 600,000 deaths have been reported. Despite these stagg
Couldn’t happen to a nicer fascist. The Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, may be forced to undergo emergency surgery after he was rushed to hospital in the early hours of Wednesday complainin
What a time to be alive: In Afghanistan, the Taliban has dispatched health teams to far-flung provinces to confront the coronavirus. In Mexico, drug cartels are offering aid packages to those feeling
Great use of our national museums….. Each year, leaders of the international business and finance community gather in the American Museum of Natural History for a black-tie gala hosted by the
Above: Slaves at a coffee yard in a farm. Vale do Paraiba, Sao Paulo, 1882 On May 13, 1888, Brazil abolished slavery. The last nation in the Western Hemisphere to do so, it brought to an end the funda
On March 10, 1979, Brazilian metalworkers walked off the job in a stark challenge to the dictatorship that had ruled the country since 1964. The strike’s leader was a 34 year old metalworker nam