Currently, Brazilian women can only obtain legal abortions in cases of rape, life-threatening pregnancy or a fatal brain defect in the fetus. The constitutional amendment, known as PEC 181, was originally intended to extend maternity leave for mothers of premature newborns.
Of course, Afro-Brazilians do not need to escape slavery anymore, but in a country riven by racial inequality and historic injustices, the quilombos now serve as focal points for resistance of a more contemporary kind.
America’s 1990s hip-hop scene is reincarnated every Saturday night in what may seem like an unlikely location — beneath a highway overpass in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
One of the legacies of the Rio Olympics was supposed to be a safer city. A year later, that promise hasn't been kept and soldiers are patrolling Rio's streets.
Thousands of police have been taken off Rio’s streets in the past year, city clinics are closing their doors, and there has been dismal interest in patronizing Rio’s $20 million Olympic golf course — built on an environmental reserve — and the almost completely unsold luxury housing that was once the athlete’s village.
Scandal, secret tapes, obstruction of justice, talk of impeachment — not in Washington, this time we’re talking about Brazil. President Michel Temer says he will not resign.
In the run-up to the 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio’s state government came under fire for the disgusting state of the bay on which Olympic sailors would compete.
After Eric Trump reportedly ran up the taxpayer bill on a trip to Uruguay, we look at a few properties in South America that were supposed to carry the Trump name. Some still haven't gotten off the grand, and at least one was ditched by the president's company.
There are no cashiers. No cash registers. No computers to ring up bills and no credit card machines. Instead, there is just a bowl, into which people drop voluntary cash amounts. Remarkably, the honor system is working, says Curto Café’s owner.
American journalist Glenn Greenwald has had a busy time, launching a new Brazil version of his website The Intercept and lambasting the media coverage of US election scandals, from his perch in Rio de Janeiro.
Despite over half of Brazilians claiming African descent, black Brazilians face widespread racism — which often manifests itself in violence. For the women of Miss Black Power Brazil, resistance against racism comes from a natural place — their hair.
We couldn't tell which was worse: the Olympian muggings, the washed-up body parts or the executed mascot jaguar. Oh, wait — there's also super bacteria.
Just when many Olympians are arriving — and others are canceling over Zika fears — Brazilian doctors are questioning the theory that the mosquito-borne virus caused an increase in microcephaly cases.
The Trump brand might seem like a hard sell these days — especially in Latin America. But a couple of years ago, Brazilian businessman Paulo Figueiredo Jr. backed an ambitious project: building South America’s first Trump hotel.
Some 1.4 million people live in Rio de Janeiro's favelas, the run-down, ill-equipped neighborhoods that have become known for crime and poor living conditions. But the government is moving to improve conditions in those favelas and, so far at least, there are signs of success.
In Brazil, where the homicide rate is five times higher than in the United States, politicians are debating a law to make it easier for residents, including convicted criminals, to buy guns. A group of conservative lawmakers wants to allow Brazilians to buy up to nine guns a year.
“We should pray to God to help American society so that this stops happening,” says a favela resident in Brazil, a country with almost seven times more homicides per capita than the United States.
One woman in Rio de Janeiro has personally discovered how much harder and more expensive it is to access an abortion in Brazil now than it was when she was younger. And she says that's a concern for Brazil's democracy.
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Culture
Black Brazilian women are building up their power — and they're even showing it with their hairstyle
PRI's The World
November 20, 2014
Despite over half of Brazilians claiming African descent, black Brazilians face widespread racism — which often manifests itself in violence. For the women of Miss Black Power Brazil, resistance against racism comes from a natural place — their hair.
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Sports
Seven very bad omens for the Rio Olympics
GlobalPost
July 06, 2016
We couldn't tell which was worse: the Olympian muggings, the washed-up body parts or the executed mascot jaguar. Oh, wait — there's also super bacteria.
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Health
Brazil now has doubts that Zika alone causes birth defects
GlobalPost
August 02, 2016
Just when many Olympians are arriving — and others are canceling over Zika fears — Brazilian doctors are questioning the theory that the mosquito-borne virus caused an increase in microcephaly cases.
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Business
Donald Trump ‘almost sounded like a Brazilian.’ A backer of Rio’s Trump Hotel weighs in.
GlobalPost
October 19, 2016
The Trump brand might seem like a hard sell these days — especially in Latin America. But a couple of years ago, Brazilian businessman Paulo Figueiredo Jr. backed an ambitious project: building South America’s first Trump hotel.
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Sports
How Ryan Lochte went from victim to suspect in Rio
GlobalPost
August 18, 2016
Updated
In a crazy twist, US swimmers in Brazil went from being supposed crime victims to suspects of an investigation.
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Health & Medicine
Brazil's effective HIV prevention strategies
January 11, 2010
Exploring the effective and controversial strategies that have reduced the spread of HIV in Brazil in the last decade.
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Development & Education
Rio de Janeiro's controversial favela pacification program shows signs of success
PRI's The World
June 28, 2013
Some 1.4 million people live in Rio de Janeiro's favelas, the run-down, ill-equipped neighborhoods that have become known for crime and poor living conditions. But the government is moving to improve conditions in those favelas and, so far at least, there are signs of success.
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Global Politics
In Brazil, where the homicide rate is five times that of the US, a new push to relax gun laws.
GlobalPost
December 11, 2015
In Brazil, where the homicide rate is five times higher than in the United States, politicians are debating a law to make it easier for residents, including convicted criminals, to buy guns. A group of conservative lawmakers wants to allow Brazilians to buy up to nine guns a year.
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Conflict
Residents in Brazil's notorious City of God are 'scared to death' of US shootings
GlobalPost
June 14, 2016
“We should pray to God to help American society so that this stops happening,” says a favela resident in Brazil, a country with almost seven times more homicides per capita than the United States.
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Justice
A mother’s fight for abortion rights in evangelical Brazil
PRI's The World
December 15, 2015
One woman in Rio de Janeiro has personally discovered how much harder and more expensive it is to access an abortion in Brazil now than it was when she was younger. And she says that's a concern for Brazil's democracy.