Policemen of Brazil’s worst prison massacre to be re-tried
The Military Police Department of São Paulo has a long history of brutality and racial profiling. An Amnesty International (...) READ MORE
Violence December 12, 2018
What can Brazil learn from the Philippines?
President-elect Jair Bolsonaro is often referred to as the “Trump of the Tropics,” a comparison Mr. Bolsonaro fuels himself, (...) READ MORE
Explaining Brazil #33: Solving Brazil’s violence crisis
Our podcast is also available on: Solving Brazil’s violence crisis The history of Brazil is one of violence. Worries (...) READ MORE
Polarization turns to violence in Brazil
“Hey, faggots, beware: Bolsonaro will kill all the poofs,” sang a horde of men on the São Paulo subway. (...) READ MORE
No, Brazil won’t become a narco-state
On Monday, retired Army General Augusto Heleno was invited by Band TV as a special guest for the station’s (...) READ MORE
Who killed Marielle Franco? Six months later, no answers
Marielle Franco, 38, a councilwoman for the city of Rio de Janeiro, was on her way home from mediating (...) READ MORE
Understanding Brazil’s National Security Law
Moments after stabbing far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro in the abdomen, Adelio Bispo de Oliveira, 40, was arrested by (...) READ MORE
How global agribusiness in Brazil is destroying indigenous peoples’ lives
For more than half a century, the indigenous Kaiowá and Guarani people of Brazil have been deprived of their ancestral (...) READ MORE
The Brazilian Report talks to the BBC
The Brazilian Report’s founder and content director Gustavo Ribeiro talked to the BBC this Friday about the assassination attempt (...) READ MORE
Unprecedented level of political radicalism in Brazil
Even before far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro was stabbed in the stomach, Brazil’s presidential race had reached levels of radicalism (...) READ MORE