Brazil

ROCLA January Program: ‘Brazil in Crisis’

Rochester Committee on Latin America - January Program: 'Brazil in Crisis' Speaker: Darien Lamen January 2nd at 7:00 PM -   Downtown United Presbyterian Church    Facebook Event Page The recent election of authoritarian demagogue Jair Bolsonaro as President of...

Brazil in Crisis

Brazil: Culture vs. Interim Government

Published on May 19, 2016 Artists, musicians and activists across Brazil occupy government buildings to oppose the new government's shutting of the ministry of culture, women, racial equality and human rights. Some even made a special opera for interim President...

No, I’m not going to the world cup.

Published on Jun 17, 2013 Twitter: @CarlaDauden This video was recorded right before the recent protests started, but with all of this going on, it becomes even more evident that the World Cup and the Olympics should not be our priority. The world has to know about...

Biggest protests in 20 years sweep Brazil

By Todd Bensen and Asher Levine, June 18, 2013 Global Justice Ecology Project As many as 200,000 demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil’s biggest cities on Monday in a swelling wave of protest tapping into widespread anger at poor public services,...