Rhythm and religion keep history alive in Brazil's Salvador

Salvador is the country’s heartland of Afro-Brazilian culture, and the largest African city in the world outside Africa — ...

In this Afro-Brazillian heartland, religion and dance reflect centuries of struggle

Salvador is the country’s heartland of Afro-Brazilian culture, and the largest African city in the world outside Africa — ...

-Brazil's Bolsonaro blames indigenous people for Amazon fires in U.N speech

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro told the United Nations on Tuesday that indigenous people in the Amazon were to blame for fires in the rainforest this year and attacked the media for spreading panic ...
Seattle Times

Brazil’s lower house approves an increase in tax exemptions for low-income people

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s lower house has approved exempting up to 5,000 reais ($940) a month from income taxes, which would more than double the current exemption and meet a key priority of ...
The New York Times

Brazil Has a New Digital Spending Habit. Now It’s a Trump Target.

Brazil’s fast and free homegrown digital payment system, PIX, has become wildly popular. The Trump administration says it unfairly undercuts U.S. companies. By Ana Ionova Reporting from Rio de Janeiro ...
U.S. News & World Report

More People Cutting Coffee Consumption in 2nd-Largest Market Brazil, Study Shows

SAO PAULO, Sep 29 (Reuters) -More Brazilians have reduced their coffee consumption, according to a bi-annual study carried out with over 4,000 people in Latin America's largest economy reported on ...
Foreign Affairs

The Irony of Trump’s Spat With Brazil

It’s hard to imagine Washington taking a more heavy-handed response to the prosecution of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who was recently sentenced to 27 years in prison for having led a ...
Medical Xpress

Brazilian researchers warn that health care for transgender people is under threat

Recent restrictions on public policies and health care for transgender people in several countries, including Brazil, threaten to dismantle existing care structures for this population and could lead ...
World Socialist Web Site

Mass protests in Brazil against amnesty for Bolsonaro’s fascist coup attempt

Brazil witnessed massive nationwide demonstrations on Sunday, September 21, opposing the efforts of the political establishment to politically rehabilitate and overturn the conviction of former ...
PBS

Brazil’s Lula pushes for ‘civilized relationship’ with U.S. amid tensions with Trump

World dignitaries are gathering this week for the UN General Assembly. The first speech will come from Brazil's president, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva. Lula's predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, has become an ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Lula Says Brazil Won’t Allow Foreign Governments to Interfere

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Brazil is capable of governing itself without foreign interference, and criticized local politicians who are encouraging “attacks” on the nation. “We maintain ...