2024
From shoeboxes to empty lots, Rio’s favela museums break with tradition
The Christian Science Monitor
How a plastic cave made in Spain keeps Amazonian culture alive 5,000 miles away
The Guardian (print and online)
‘I think, boy, I’m a part of all this’: how local heroes reforested Rio’s green heart
The Guardian
Brazil has struggled to elect women to political office. Upcoming elections could change that
The Christian Science Monitor
Latin America’s Progress on Abortion Rights Is Under Attack
World Politics Review
‘Magical moment’ as fire-ravaged Brazil museum receives big fossil donation
The Guardian
‘A need for memory’: Black Brazilians dig into family roots to fight ‘historical erasure’
The Guardian (print and online)
‘Fight waste to fight hunger’: food banks embrace imperfection to feed millions in Brazil
The Guardian
‘United in extravagance’: Rio’s working-class carnival ball-slammers
The Guardian
Samba school puts Rio’s long-silenced legacy of slavery at centre of carnival
The Guardian
‘Enough of being bossed around by men’: Brazil’s first all-women samba school dances to its own beat
The Guardian
‘She had a knack for making people smile’: a clown’s life cut short on Amazon trek
The Guardian
The bottom line: Brazilians perfect tans with electrical tape bikinis
The Guardian
2023
‘We make magic here’: the Amazon community creating a future out of chocolate
The Guardian
‘You are killing us’: Mariana survivors face ill health, lost culture and a long wait for justice
The Guardian
Brazil slave trafficker’s links to top bank sparks debate over reparations
The Guardian
Lost ‘holy grail’ film of life in Brazil’s Amazon 100 years ago resurfaces
The Observer (print and online)
Brazilians push to make dream of Black woman on supreme court a reality
The Guardian
Shootings in Rio aren’t just deadly, they’re a public health hazard
The Brazilian Report
‘The state is murderous’: Brazilians vow justice for 13-year-old boy shot by police
The Guardian
‘I shout from the rooftops I exist’: Brazilians identifying as Indigenous up by 90% in 12 years
The Guardian
Brazil: at least 45 killed in string of police operations in three states
The Guardian
Brazil: descendants of Africans who escaped slavery gain census recognition
The Guardian
‘Football’s little ladies’: Brazilian girls prepare for future Women’s World Cups
The Guardian
Slave Labor Accusations Come Back to Haunt Volkswagen in Brazil
NACLA
Black Brazilians claim prime time as telenovelas finally reflect diversity
The Observer (print and online)
Brazilian TikToker goes viral showing the ‘cheerfulness of the favela’
The Guardian
Jury pool fails to represent the diversity of the Rio Carnival
The Brazilian Report
Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira remembered in Rio as carnival emerges from Bolsonaro era
The Guardian (print and online)
‘Carnival of democracy’: celebration returns to Rio after two-year hiatus
The Guardian
Brazil’s female diplomats in new equality push after dark days of Bolsonaro
The Guardian
The Brazilian Report
2022
São Paulo subway causes stink by selling station naming rights to private companies
The Brazilian Report
World Cup gives Brazil fans chance to reclaim yellow jersey from far right
The Guardian
‘We are for democracy’: Brazil football fans clear pro-Bolsonaro blockades
The Guardian
Progressive Evangelicals reject the Bolsonarization of Churches
NACLA
Data corroborates fears about growing lawlessness in the Brazilian Amazon
The Brazilian Report
Unknowingly, Brazilians are big consumers of shark meat. That is a problem
The Brazilian Report
Outrage in Brazil as mentally ill Black man dies in police car ‘gas chamber’
The Guardian
Positive News (print and online)
Jogo de Bicho: Brazil’s Popular but Illegal Lottery Game
NACLA
Remote work added a new dimension to Brazil’s brain drain
The Brazilian Report
2021
Community organizations play vital role in tackling gender violence in Brazil
The Brazilian Report
Brazil: Intimidation of the press takes many forms
Latin America Bureau
Brazil: Indigenous people take their fight to Brasilia
Latin America Bureau