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At the river dock in Oiapoque, a frontier city near Brazil’s northern coast, Cleidiney Ribeiro steers his river boat into the water. “Progress is coming to Oiapoque,” he says with optimism, as he motors out an hour and a half to where the river meets the Atlantic Ocean. Cleidiney Ribeiro …
Read More »Brazil’s outspoken first lady comes under fire, but refuses to stop speaking out
In early May, an air of triumph filled a dinner in Beijing, where Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva celebrated a diplomatic victory: businessmen travelling with him said they had secured billions of dollars in investments as the veteran leader renewed his international prestige standing alongside his Chinese counterpart, …
Read More »Brazil’s Bolsonaro accused of plot to poison Lula and kill a judge
Brazil’s prosecutor-general on Tuesday formally charged former president Jair Bolsonaro with attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat, in a plot to poison his successor and current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and kill a Supreme Court judge. Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet alleges that Bolsonaro and 33 others with participating in a …
Read More »Brazil’s coast is eroding faster than ever, leaving homes in ruin
Sonia Ferreira’s two-story house with a pool and garden on the Brazilian coast was yet another casualty of the advancing waves of the Atlantic Ocean, pushed higher by climate change. On a recent visit, the 80-year-old retiree glanced around the mound of rubble left from the home she abandoned before …
Read More »Brazil’s Bolsonaro, Lula in high-stakes debate just hours before final vote
Brazilians on Sunday choose between a future of conservative values under a far-right leader or the hope of returning to a prosperous past presided over by a leftist. In this fiercely polarized country, many are simply voting against the candidate they despise. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva points to his …
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