Brazil seeks dialogue, but Trump administration “does not want to talk” to negotiate tariffs, says Lula (1)
Brazil

Brazil seeks dialogue, but Trump administration “does not want to talk” to negotiate tariffs, says Lula

According to Brazil’s president, his administration has made at least 10 attempts to meet with US officials, with no response.

Gabriela Moncau
July 31, 2025
Street vendor executed after police killed Senegalese man in São Paulo- “We live in a pressure cooker,” workers say
Brazil

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.

Gabriela Moncau and Pedro Stropasolas
May 9, 2025
For Brazilian social movements, Lula’s program for agrarian reform doesn’t solve urgent problems
Brazil

For Brazilian social movements, Lula’s program for agrarian reform doesn’t solve urgent problems

Peasant organizations point out that the announced measures do not tackle the country’s land concentration

Gabriela Moncau
April 18, 2024
During Bolsonaro’s third year in office, 176 Indigenous people were murdered in Brazil
Brazil

During Bolsonaro’s third year in office, 176 Indigenous people were murdered in Brazil

According to the CIMI report, the states of Amazonas, Mato Grosso do Sul and Roraima accounted for 105 deaths

Gabriela Moncau
August 22, 2022
COVID-19 in Brazilian prisons
Brazil

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

Gabriela Moncau
April 16, 2022