Brazil police violence reignites after deadly Rio, Sao Paulo raids
Rio de Janeiro, BrazilReuters Police in Rio de Janeiro killed at least nine people in a raid on Wednesday, in the latest example of deadly violence by Brazil’s security officials after 16 people died at the hands of Sao Paulo state police earlier this week. Brazil, the country with the highest number of murders in […]
Brazil’s Lula will ask Nicaragua’s Ortega to release jailed bishop
Rome, ItalyReuters Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday he would personally lobby Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega to release a bishop who has been imprisoned in the Central American state. Rolando Alvarez, Bishop of the Diocese of Matagalpa and a critic of the Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, walks at Managua’s catholic church where […]
Brazil’s Lula discusses peace, poverty and inequality with Pope
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis met Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday and discussed a range of common concerns including peace, poverty, inequality and the environment, the Vatican said. Although the Vatican did not specifically mention Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Lula made clear before the meeting that seeking an end to the war […]
In Brazil, Christian leaders say school attacks connected to “culture of violence”
São Paulo, Brazil A growing number of school attacks in Brazil are connected to the promotion of “a culture of violence” in the country over the past few years, according to Christian leaders in the country. Brazil has seen a surge in attacks on schools in recent years including a 27th March incident in the […]
Indigenous groups protest Brazil bill limiting recognition of tribal lands
Brasilia/São Paulo, BrazilReuters Indigenous groups in Brazil on Tuesday blocked a highway and burned tires to protest a proposed law that would limit their ability to win protected status for ancestral lands. Outside São Paulo, Brazil’s largest city, demonstrators blocked a major motorway with flaming tires and used bows and arrows to confront police, who […]
Brazil to step up removal of Indigenous land invaders after Yanomami killing
Brasilia, BrazilReuters Brazil will increase efforts to remove the remainder of wildcat miners from indigenous lands following a shooting attack by invaders that killed a Yanomami Indigenous person and left two others seriously injured, the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples said on Sunday. An inter-ministerial delegation is en route to Roraima state to “further reinforce actions […]
Brazil’s Lula recognises Indigenous territories halted by Bolsonaro
Brasilia, BrazilReuters President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva legally recognised six Indigenous territories on Friday, fulfilling a campaign promise to reverse the policy of his far-right predecessor Jair Bolsonaro said Brazil’s original people had too much land. The recognition is crucial to protect Indigenous lands from increasing encroachment by farming and invasions by gold miners […]
Brazil creates rights medal named after Black writer, replacing princess
Brasilia, BrazilReuters Brazil’s leftist government on Monday abolished a human rights medal that former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro had named after the daughter of the country’s last monarch, replacing it with a prize named after a Black writer and abolitionist. The medal will now be named after Luiz Gama, who was a leader of the […]
Death toll from Brazil rains hits 40; Lula calls for safer housing
São Sebastiao, Brazil Reuters The death toll from devastating rainfall in south-eastern Brazil rose to 40 on Monday, official figures showed, as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited the region and said homes should no longer be built in areas at risk of landslides and major floods. Authorities in the state of São Paulo […]
Illegal miners in Yanomami reservation seek Brazil Government help to leave
Brasilia, BrazilReuters Illegal gold miners blamed for causing a humanitarian crisis on Brazil’s largest Indigenous reservation are asking authorities to help them leave, one of their leaders and a Brazilian senator said on Monday. Aware of an imminent military enforcement operation to evict them, Jailson Mesquita, head of the Garimpo e Legal movement (Wildcat Mining Is Legal) […]