Happy New Year! Feliz Año Nuevo! As we begin a new decade, the following stories offer reflections of the past year and a look forward to what is possible. 10 Global Insights into a Transforming World With births down,…
It’s funny how that old saying “What goes around comes around” is so true. For example, there’s a judge invoking a law the GOP created to block Obama and now is being used to stop Trump; Another whistleblower comes…
Worries continue to rise that Trump and his administration are taking the US back to darker times in our history. Need further proof? Check out what’s happening in Mississippi & what happened to one Latino; So, what is the…
The case of two bans. The difference between what FL and NY just banned couldn’t be more polar opposite and underscores how the fight for the moral soul of the country is Right vs. Left; Why watch Sunday morning…
By Johanna Mendelson Forman The Conversation Latin America’s economy has grown enormously over the past two decades. However, unemployment in the region still hovers at 8 percent, double that of the United States. Youth joblessness is even higher –…
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Brazil’s anti-racism campaign uses abusers’ own words (and neighbors) against them
Dec 3, 2015, 5:23 PM 0
LatinaLista — Brazil is a country home to over 202 million people, 51 percent who identify as black; 48 percent as white. Unfortunately, Brazil isn’t unlike its South American (global) neighbors in treating their non-white citizenry as second-class citizens….
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Brazil’s indigenous population can use their land, but are not its owners
Nov 10, 2014, 4:12 PM 0
By Renata Bessi and Santiago Navarro F. America’s Program The Brazilian Ministry of Justice emphatically affirmed, “all of the proceedings to identify and demarcate the lands of the indigenous Jaragua Guaraní in the city of São Paulo have been…
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Brazilian theater group fights drug use among young people
Aug 14, 2014, 2:00 PM 0
By Andrea Lemos Infosurhoy.com SALVADOR, Brazil – The city of Contagem in the state of Minas Gerais has the sixth-highest murder rate among people between the ages of 15 to 29, according to the 2014 Violence Map. To address…
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Brazilian literacy campaign taps technology to keep readers on task to finish reading their novels
Jul 24, 2014, 4:17 PM 0
LatinaLista — It wasn’t that long ago that doomsayers predicted the end of print books given the rising popularity of e-readers. After all, how can something as archaic, as bound-type-on-paper, even compare, or stand alongside, to today’s technology? A…
By Eduardo Szklarz Infosurhoy.com BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Germany’s historic rout against Brazil in the first World Cup semifinal match on July 8 leaves Argentina as the only country representing the Americas that still has a shot at winning…
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Brazil World Cup Stadium Builders Accused of Human Trafficking their Workers
Jul 7, 2014, 3:01 PM 0
By Kyra Gurney InSight Crime One of Brazil‘s largest construction companies has been accused of human trafficking and keeping workers in slave-like conditions, underscoring the pervasiveness of labor abuses among Brazilian companies. Brazil’s Ministry of Labor has begun judicial…
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Brazilian tattooists on the front lines of helping detect skin cancer
Jun 19, 2014, 1:47 PM 0
LatinaLista — It’s a safe assumption that the thousands of World Cup fans descending on Brazil this month will come home with souvenirs. Some may even come home with a permanent one — a tattoo. For those who do,…
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World Cup theme of Projeto 4km mural, Latin America’s largest open-air graffiti exhibit
Jun 3, 2014, 4:26 PM 0
By Thiago Borges Infosurhoy.com SÃO PAULO, Brazil – An open-air art gallery is taking shape near Arena Corinthians, which will host six World Cup matches, including the opening match between Brazil and Croatia on June 12. The mural, known…
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Intrn’l Video: Inspirational documentary about blind Brazilian ballerinas illustrates “beauty of perseverance”
Apr 9, 2014, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — Featured before on this site, the Brazilian documentary “Looking at the Stars” deserves another look-see — ironic choice of words since the main characters themselves are blind. Looking at the Stars or Olhando pras Estrelas is about…
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Chico Vive: The Legacy of Chico Mendes and the Global Grassroots Environmental Movement
Mar 17, 2014, 10:37 AM 0
Cultural Survival Celebrating the legacy of Chico Mendes and the courage of thousands of present-day grassroots activists who follow in his footsteps. Brazilian environmental martyr and rural union leader Chico Mendes was killed in 1988. In the past 25…
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Brazilian Northeast celebrates Carnival the old-fashioned way
Feb 28, 2014, 4:04 PM 0
By Nelza Oliveira Infosurhoy.com OLINDA, Brazil – Joyfulness and tradition join hands at Carnival street parties in two cities in the Brazilian Northeast: Maragogipe and Olinda. The masks and costumes used in the 19th century highlight the Carnival celebrations…
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Intrn’l Video: Protesting displacement of 4,000 Brazilian families ahead of World Cup
Feb 19, 2014, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — When Brazil was awarded the 2014 World Cup, media images showed Brazilians overjoyed at the prospect of hosting the megagames of their beloved sport, “futebol,” on their home turf. Yet, as preparations accelerate for the monthlong tournament…
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Brazil: Social program targets youth in pacified favelas to make their dreams come true
Feb 14, 2014, 3:55 PM 0
By Nelza Oliveira Infosurhoy.com With a US$60 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the government of the state of Rio de Janeiro is promoting social integration for 40,000 young people from pacified favelas. RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil…
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More than 70 young people killed each day by violence in Brazil
Dec 3, 2013, 12:20 PM 0
By Patrícia Comunello Infosurhoy.com PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil – Every day, saleswoman Adriana da Silveira relives the morning of April 7, 2011. She still asks herself what she could have done differently to prevent the death of her daughter, Luiza,…
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Brazilian invention uses plastic bottles and water to generate light — without electricity
Oct 28, 2013, 12:27 PM 0
By Nelza Oliveira Infosurhoy.com UBERABA, Brazil – Mechanic Alfredo Moser said that once he met famous Spiritist leader Chico Xavier on the street in the city of Uberaba in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. They talked a little…
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Intrn’l Video: The bio-diversity of South America takes center stage in continent’s unique gardens
Oct 2, 2013, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — The BBC has an unique travel show titled “Around the World in 80 Gardens.” As you can guess, the host of the show travels to different countries not to take in the tourist sites, or the unusual…
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Intrn’l Video: Award-winning film showcases depth of human spirit among Brazilian trash sifters
Aug 7, 2013, 11:24 AM 0
LatinaLista — Since 2010, the year the film WASTE LAND was released, it’s been piling up awards faster than the garbage that used to pile up at the world’s largest garbage dump outside Rio de Janiero — the focus…
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Brazilian architect transforms one favela from ugly to beautiful, transforming residents in the process
Jul 31, 2013, 1:15 PM 0
By Teresa García Alcaraz polis Heliópolis is known as one of the most densely populated neighborhoods in São Paulo, with 120,000 people living in an area of less than one square mile. Legend has it that architect Ruy Ohtake…
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Southern Brazil blanketed by snow — a sight not seen in 38 years
Jul 23, 2013, 1:06 PM 0
By Edy Bestle LatinaLista The picture looks like it could have been taken in some awesome and cold place in Europe, right? But that can’t be. It’s summer time there now. In fact, just yesterday, people waiting for word…
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Guest Voz: There’s good reason why Brazilians have taken to the streets in protest
Jun 18, 2013, 11:28 AM 0
By Edy Bestle LatinaLista (LL Editor’s Note: News outlets have been reporting over the rising protests, the biggest in 20 years, to hit Brazil. The following piece provides insight into the unrest that a country making preparations to host…
