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Articles by Braulia Ribeiro
Transcendence and Poverty: Lessons from Brazil
Filmed over eight months in 1999, the documentary Santa Cruz, directed by the Brazilians Joao Moreira Sales and Marcos Sá Correa, follows the construction of a neo-Pentecostal church in a slum, an illegally occupied terrain, on lowlands called Santa Cruz in Rio de Janeiro. The film is part of a series of six stories about the faces of Brazil that mainstream media usually ignores.
South America’s Protests: Why Blame Yourself When You Can Blame Someone Else?
Three South American countries—Bolivia, Chile, and Ecuador—have experienced massive protests in the past couple of months. Discontent against the powers-that-be originated for different reasons, including anger over subsidy cuts, costlier living expenses, disrespect for indigenous rights, and one head of state’s attempt to remain in power. In all three countries, their respective governments have blamed external actors for the violence.
US-Brazil Relations and Concerns over Nepotism in Brasilia
President Donald Trump has stated that he supports a US-Brazil trade agreement, particularly if the Brazilian government lowers trade barriers between the two countries. The US president’s remarks, made at the White House on July 30, occur parallel to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s decision to nominate his son, congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro, to become the next ambassador of Brazil to the US.
We Set Off to Reach a Remote Tribe in the Amazon. Turns Out, They Were Waiting for Us.
Editor’s Note: Last year, John Allen Chau’s fatal mission to India’s North Sentinel Island, home to the world’s most isolated tribe, spurred new conversations about Christians making first contact with indigenous people.
Carbon Credits: A Good Idea for Environmentalists, Not Such a Good Idea for Amazon Tribal Population
We enter the land officially delimited as an Indigenous Reservation belonging to the Surui-Paiter tribe in southern Amazon region. The equatorial sun burns the landscape, turning the color of the naked hills into a brownish yellow. Lonely Brazil-nut trees randomly standing on the horizon remind us the pastures the Suruí now use were once a part of the majestic Amazon forest.
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