News and Analysis: Brazil

Brasil: trabajadores sin tierra vs. agronegocios

Entrevista especial con Liberación

August 30, 2012

El Movimiento de los Trabajadores Rurales Sin Tierra, o el MST, es el movimiento social más grande de toda Latinoamérica, conocido primordialmente por su lucha por la reforma agraria.

Brazilian farmers sue Monsanto

In brief

June 27, 2012

Five million Brazilian farmers are suing Monsanto for charging annual fees for use of its patented soybean seeds.

Brazilian bank workers settle strike

In brief

October 31, 2011

Brazilian bank workers called off their 21-day strike recently after accepting a proposed wage increase.

Brazil elects its first female president

Will historic election change the direction of the country?

November 2, 2010

The tally is in: Dilma Rousseff of the Workers' Party (PT) will be Brazil's first female president. Rousseff is an economist and the former chief of staff of outgoing President Luís Inácio "Lula" da Silva, who threw all of his political weight behind her candidacy.

Wealthy Brazilian farmer burns down homes of Indigenous villagers

Dispossession of indigenous peoples continues 500 years on

September 29, 2009

A community of Brazilian indigenous people had their village burned to the ground by a wealthy farmer just days after they were evicted by a court order. The 130-strong Guarani-Kaiowá community had occupied the land nearly two years earlier, and was forced out on Sept.

Brazil refuses Great Britain's waste

In brief

August 12, 2009

Brazil has sent a ship filled with containers of trash that included dirty diapers, used syringes, food waste and computer parts from Great Britain back to where it came from. A company in Britain sent the 89 containers of waste under the pretense that it was actually plastic to be recycled.

South American countries sign UNASUR constitution

Region moves towards greater economic unity

June 6, 2008

On May 23, the leaders of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela met in the Brazilian capital, Brasilia, to sign the constitution of the Union of South American Nations.

Millions march in Brazil's Pride Parade

In brief

May 30, 2008

On May 25, millions of gay, lesbian, bi and transgendered people filled the streets of São Paulo, Brazil to march in the Pride Parade. The organizers of the march estimated that 3.5 million people participated.

Police occupy Brazilian favelas to stop growth

In brief

December 18, 2007

For the first time, police units will be deployed to prevent construction of new housing in the shantytowns of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, known as favelas. Officials cynically claim to be concerned about favelas hurting the wild vegetation on the hillsides.

Bank of the South an alternative to IMF, World Bank

In brief

December 11, 2007

The Bank of the South, an initiative spearheaded by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, was inaugurated on Dec. 9. The finance ministers of Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Peru and Chile will all sit in the bank’s board of directors.

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