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Quilombo Machado community, one of 11 quilombo communities in Porte Allegro, Brazil, 2017. 

‘Existing and resisting’: Black quilombo communities fight for land, rights in Brazil

Human rights

Monday is Black Consciousness Day in Brazil. It falls on day of death of Zumbi dos Palmares, the leader of Palmares Quilombo, a community of runaway slaves and their descendants, in 1695. There are still thousands of quilombos across Brazil, and many continue to fight for their land and their rights.

Almost 2,000 paleoburrows have been found across South America, mostly in the Brazilian states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, which border Uruguay and Argentina.

Get a glimpse of southern Brazil’s paleoburrows — dug by prehistoric animals

Science
A demonstrator reacts during a protest against racism after João Alberto Silveira Freitas was beaten to death by security guards at a Carrefour supermarket in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Nov. 23, 2020.

Black man’s death by security guards in Brazil sparks outrage, protests

England soccer fans, Adam Burns, Dave Bewick, Pete Johnston and Ben Olsen

1200 miles later, four guys and a dog complete their walk to Brazil for the World Cup

Sports

Academy Award-nominee Life of Pi inspired by much older book by Brazilian author

Arts, Culture & Media

Helping the Victims of Brazil Nightclub Fire

Conflict & Justice

Brazil is marking three days of national mourning for the victims of the fire at a nightclub in the southern city of Santa Maria.