Will Carless

Senior Correspondent

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Brazil’s version of Trump makes Trump look like Mr. Rogers

Jair Bolsonaro's rise from fringe candidate to Brazil’s next president has, of course, been likened to Trump’s rise from reality TV star to the White House. But Bolsonaro makes Trump look like Mr. Rogers.  

Brazil’s version of Trump makes Trump look like Mr. Rogers
Saint Patrick Catholic Church is seen in York, Pennsylvania, Aug. 18, 2018

A new chapter, with the same old words, in the Catholic child abuse scandal

A new chapter, with the same old words, in the Catholic child abuse scandal
A fraphic panel

They spewed hate. Then they punctuated it with the president’s name.

They spewed hate. Then they punctuated it with the president’s name.
An antifa activist carries a flag of the movement, which features a logo of two flags.

Antifa has a rapid response team that targets alt-right organizers

Antifa has a rapid response team that targets alt-right organizers
White supremacists stand behind their shields at a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 12, 2017.

Three ways the Trump administration has downplayed white supremacy

Three ways the Trump administration has downplayed white supremacy
A swastika lights up the night at the Ulysses, Pennsylvania, home of Daniel Burnside, a white supremacist Odinist who is raising his seven children in the religion.

White supremacists are killing in the name of an ancient Nordic religion

In at least six cases since 2001, professed Odinists have been convicted of plotting, or pulling off, domestic terrorism attacks, according to a review by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting.

White supremacists are killing in the name of an ancient Nordic religion
A reveler takes part in the Cordao de Boitata party during pre-Carnival festivities in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Feb. 19.

Dozens of cities across Brazil are canceling Carnival

At least 70 Brazilian cities have had to cancel their official Carnival celebrations. Many just can’t afford it. Others are afraid it would unleash more violent crime.

Dozens of cities across Brazil are canceling Carnival
A boy throws a plastic bottle into Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 7.

Rio’s water cleanup barely works and it’s crimping impoverished fishermen

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.

Rio’s water cleanup barely works and it’s crimping impoverished fishermen
This hotel in Rio de Janeiro, photographed in December, no longer has the Trump logo. The company pulled out.

What happened to all the South American Trump Tower plans?

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.

What happened to all the South American Trump Tower plans?
A relative of a prisoner sat on Jan. 3 outside Anisio Jobim prison in Manaus, Brazil

Brazil’s deadly prison riot is just one piece of a bigger drug gang war

Over the weekend, at least 56 people were killed in a prison riot in northern Brazil, while 184 prisoners escaped from there, as well as other prisons. The victims — many of them beheaded and thrown over the prison walls — mainly included members of Brazil’s feared First Command gang, known by its Portuguese initials PCC.

Brazil’s deadly prison riot is just one piece of a bigger drug gang war
cappuccino at Curto Café in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Rio's best café lets you pay what you want

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.

Rio's best café lets you pay what you want
Journalist Glenn Greenwald

Brazil, Snowden, Russia and fake news: a conversation with Glenn Greenwald

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.

Brazil, Snowden, Russia and fake news: a conversation with Glenn Greenwald
Residents gather round the bodies of suspected drug traffickers in the City of God favela in Rio de Janeiro on Nov. 20.

Charts: Crime is getting even worse in post-Olympics Rio

Rio de Janeiro's Olympics security force is gone — and robberies and violent crime are rising. Here's how bad it is, in three charts.

Charts: Crime is getting even worse in post-Olympics Rio
The Olympics already seem like a distant memory when you look at Rio de Janeiro's current state of financial troubles.

Months after the Olympics, Rio de Janeiro is broke

A federal bailout kept police on the streets and hospitals open while Olympics tourists were in town. But now the money has dried up and public employees aren’t being paid.

Months after the Olympics, Rio de Janeiro is broke
Argentine President Mauricio Macri in an interview in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Aug. 8.

Argentina's president denies Trump pressed him on a private tower deal

An Argentine journalist caused an uproar alleging that Donald Trump used a congratulations call from President Mauricio Macri to press the Argentine leader to help advance a Buenos Aires building project.

Argentina's president denies Trump pressed him on a private tower deal