Brazil’s children of the night
Geni Antônia Jardim was only 7 when she learned that she suffered from a disease with a very complicated (...) READ MORE
Society May 20, 2019
Despite Bolsonaro, Brazil is one of the world’s top LGBTQ tourism destinations
“Brazil can’t be the country of gay tourism,” said President Jair Bolsonaro during a meeting with journalists last month. (...) READ MORE
Ride-hailing app to implement Chinese facial recognition controls in Brazil
Experts predict that facial recognition will become a USD 9 billion market by 2022. With technologies rapidly becoming more (...) READ MORE
Abolition in Brazil: 131 years on, still no cause for celebration
In 1888, 131 years ago today, Brazil became the last country in the Americas to outlaw slavery. However, instead (...) READ MORE
Get-rich-quick culture taking over Brazil
After suffering its worst recession on record, Brazil is also undergoing its worst post-recession recovery. Growth estimations for 2019 (...) READ MORE
The digital music boom in Brazil
The Brazilian music industry has plenty of reasons to celebrate. After years of pessimism, the continued rise of streaming (...) READ MORE
Indigenous communities under siege in Brazilian Amazon
In the state of Rondônia, there is something of a siege underway against indigenous groups. Looking at a map (...) READ MORE
Isle of Flowers: The greatest Brazilian short film of all time
Claiming anything as “the greatest” in its category is a tricky assertion to make. Even more so with the (...) READ MORE
Ayahuasca puts Brazil on the shamanic tourism map
When 23-year-old Matheus dos Reis Lima started looking for a vacation spot two years ago, he decided he would (...) READ MORE
How America’s most controversial legacy became a Brazilian festival
A dirt road, surrounded by crops, under an unforgiving sun. A hot and heavy wind, carrying dust, indicates that (...) READ MORE