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Dilma Rousseff on challenges for 2019: “Institutional struggle is not enough”

Brazil’s ex-president spoke about the political scenario after Bolsonaro’s election and how to resist

Activists call for justice for Lula on anniversary of Declaration of Human Rights

Left-wing leaders exposed persecution against former Brazilian president Lula on Day of Struggle to Free Lula

Doctor vacancies remain unfilled in indigenous areas after Cuban doctors leave Brazil

Remote and poor areas served by More Doctors program suffer major setback as government tries to fill vacant positions

Two MST workers killed in Paraíba, northeast Brazil

Armed men broke into the area and murdered activists while they were having dinner

Samarco dam disaster in Brazil surpasses 1,100-day mark; miners remain unassisted

After the worst environmental crime in Brazil’s history, workers are left with no livelihoods

“All the chocolate sold in Brazil today is tainted by child labor”

Report on Brazil’s major cocoa-producing areas exposes labor and human rights violations

Court suspends eviction warrant that could displace 450 MST families

More than 2,000 small farmers have been living and working in the area for 20 years

Syngenta found guilty of murder of MST leader in southern Brazil

Court upheld 2015 decision and held transnational corporation liable for death of Valmir "Keno" Mota de Oliveira

Thousands of Cuban doctors to leave Brazil after “threatening” remarks by Bolsonaro

From across the country, 8,471 health professionals are expected to depart after Cuban government severed agreement

Mireille Fanon: If we want to change the world, it must be through anti-racism

Professor and daughter of Frantz Fanon on how the enslavement of black people was the basis of capitalism

Human rights activist Marielle Franco’s killers identified, Rio authorities say

Head of Public Security department says case should be solved by the end of federal intervention in the state

Black and poor youth are biggest victims of violent death in Brazil: report

Atlas of Violence demonstrates genocide of youth, researcher in public security says

Marchers celebrate resistance and struggle for rights on Brazil’s Black Awareness Day

Activists take to the streets every year on Nov. 20 to fight the exploitation of and discrimination against black people

Brazilian Senate passes 16% pay raise for Supreme Court justices

If signed into law by president Temer, justices’ wages will be roughly 40 times the country’s minimum wage

Federal police may take over investigation into councilwoman Marielle Franco’s murder

Case remains unsolved nearly eight months after Franco and driver Anderson Gomes were killed in downtown Rio

Bolsonaro’s transition team: internal contradictions and conservatism

Despite their differences, military men, neoliberals, traditional politicians will have to live together as of January

Conservatives bring back Senate bill to label Brazilian movements as terrorists

Senate bill put forward by rural caucus re-emerges after Brazil’s elections as conservatives gain momentum

Outrage as judge who led legal crusade against Lula appointed as minister of justice

Federal Judge Sergio Moro will serve as the Minister of Justice in Jair Bolsonaro’s government

Brazil’s future economy minister will prioritize pension reform, privatizations

President-elect Bolsonaro’s ‘economic guru’ Paulo Guedes plans to eliminate ‘labor burden’ and turn back on Mercosur

Demonstrators take to the streets in Brazil to protest after Bolsonaro win

People are mobilizing in Brazilian cities against the rise of the far-right in the country