Brazilian people

A health worker gives a shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to 8-year-old Indigenous youth Davi Seremramiwe Xavante at the Hospital da Clinicas in São Paulo, Brazil, Jan. 14, 2022.

Omicron hits Indigenous communities in Brazil as fake news and denialism undermine vaccination efforts

January 26, 2022COVID-19

In Brazil, 1,258 Indigenous people have died from COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.

Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro carry Brazil's national flag along Copacabana Beach on Independence Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021.

Bolsonaro pulls out all the stops to rally base on Brazil’s Independence Day

September 8, 2021Brazil under Bolsonaro

Colombia's players celebrate winning 1-0 against Ecuador during a Copa America soccer match at Arena Pantanal stadium in Cuiaba, Brazil, June 13, 2021.

Copa America soccer championship in Brazil draws protest while coronavirus cases rise

June 14, 2021Sports

Health care workers of the public Mobile Emergency Service bring a patient suspected of suffering from COVID-19 to the Base Public Hospital in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, March 31, 2021.

Health workers in Brazil fear COVID-19 cases may keep rising: ‘We cannot continue to trivialize these deaths’

April 5, 2021COVID-19

A supporter of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro places his image on a car.

Bolsonaro’s Cabinet reshuffle triggers worst military crisis since the ’70s

March 31, 2021Global Politics

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Demonstrators wearing masks with text written in Portuguese that read "Bolsonaro out," and a sign with the phrase "Oxygen, Breathe Brazil," protest against the government's response in combating COVID-19 and demanding the impeachment of Brazil's President

Calls for Bolsonaro’s impeachment intensify

January 25, 2021Brazil under Bolsonaro

Protesters hit the streets this past weekend in caravans in major cities across Brazil.

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro leaves after he voted during the municipal elections in Rio de Janeiro, Nov. 15, 2020.

Bolsonaro loses big in Brazil’s local elections

November 16, 2020Elections

Brazilians voted in local elections in more than 5,500 municipalities across the country on Sunday. It was another big loss for President Jair Bolsonaro, coming on the heels of the electoral defeat of his top ally, US President Donald Trump.

Greenpeace activists hold signs between two ice sculptures depicting US President Donald Trump and Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro across the Hudson River from UN headquarters in the Queens borough of New York City, Sept. 30, 2020.

US election could have profound effect on Bolsonaro’s Brazil

November 3, 2020Foreign policy

Repercussions from the American presidential contest are being felt around the world, and Brazil — where people are closely following the electoral race — is no exception.

Riot police block demonstrators during a protest against the 2014 World Cup, in Sao Paulo June 12, 2014.

How police violence in the US could help spark racial justice in Brazil

December 5, 2014Justice

The cases of Michael Brown and Eric Garner in the US have their own analogues in Brazil, where relations between black citizens and police are also tense. But one Brazilian activist hopes the news from the US could push Brazilians to talk more openly about racial issues.

Carmen Miranda

August 30, 2014Arts, Culture & Media

Every year the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress selects 25 recordings to be preserved for all time. One song chosen this year is “O Que è Que a Bahiana Tem,” a samba recorded by Brazilian singer Carmen Miranda in 1939. Dori Caymmi, the son of the songwriter, and biographer Martha Gil-Montero explain […]

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