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Faced by the public defenders of a youth court in São Paulo, Brazil, Gorete emotionally explained what happened on the February night when four military police officers came to her home and threatened to kill her teenage son. The police officers, who were searching for a revolver they believed Gorete’s son was hiding, did not …
Taken by police on May 15, Carlos Ramírez waits in a military jail while the government looks for evidence against him. His case is not uncommon
"They stole our forests and our water. We took our medicine from the forest. Now, they put police and dogs at our door."
“For every African problem, there is a Brazilian solution.” Those words by Kenyan professor Calestous Juma, highlighting the potential benefits toAfrica of Brazil’s expertise and experience in modernising its own nation, now have a bitter irony for many in the continent. Presented as an opportunity to develop Africa, Brazil’s investments there have not only failed …
The New York tycoon has extensive business ties to a region whose people he has often offended
Violent police operations were carried out in several areas of Rio de Janeiro - and two officers died in the first ten days of the Games
Exclusive Q&A : Ms Rousseff said she was the victim of a 'parliamentary coup'
As authorities focus on thwarting Zika, few resources remain for tackling Rio’s high rates of tuberculosis
Ahead of Brazil's Olympics, business-funded agents are arresting and relocating "suspicious" people, some 80km away
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Documents, debris and residents’ reports reveal an obscure story from the dictatorship: in 1970, the FAB (Força Aérea Brasileira, the Brazilian Air Force) bombarded a rural area near São Paulo with incendiary bombs
