Brazil

MC Fioti during the recording of the remix version of his 2017 hit "Bum Bum Tam Tam," which has become Brazil's COVID-19 vaccine anthem. 

This funk remix became Brazil’s COVID-19 vaccine anthem

Fioti’s revised version of "Bum Bum Tam Tam" keeps the original melody but the lyrics are not all about the booty. Instead, the remix champions COVID-19 vaccination and the Butantan Institute.

This funk remix became Brazil’s COVID-19 vaccine anthem
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Why Haitians are stranded in Mexico

Why Haitians are stranded in Mexico
brazil's president

The daunting tasks facing Brazil's new president

The daunting tasks facing Brazil's new president
Nana Vasconcelos

Remembering Nana Vasconcelos, renowned Brazilian percussionist

Remembering Nana Vasconcelos, renowned Brazilian percussionist
water barrels

'Little Teresa' helps São Paulo women fight drought and male domination — with rain barrels

'Little Teresa' helps São Paulo women fight drought and male domination — with rain barrels
Nadja Cristina Gomes Bezerra

Brazil's microcephaly outbreak captured in portraits

Last week, Across Women's Lives photographer Anne Bailey spent time at a rehabilitation clinic in Recife, Brazil, for babies with microcephaly. She took portraits of a few of them with their parents.

Brazil's microcephaly outbreak captured in portraits
Germana Soares is shown holding her child next to a doctor holding a black and white striped card.

'We have a child with microcephaly, and we're happy'

Germana Soares' three-month-old son Guilherme has microcephaly. But she's determined to give him a normal life.

'We have a child with microcephaly, and we're happy'
Brazil Zika and Olympic budget comparison chart

The budget for the Rio Olympics is 16 times higher than the budget to combat the Zika virus

The Olympics could end up costing even more if the budget overrun hits 179 percent — the average cost overrun of the past 17 Olympic games.

The budget for the Rio Olympics is 16 times higher than the budget to combat the Zika virus
Brazilian soldiers inspecting water container for Zika

Improving water sources, sanitation facilities and poverty alleviation may not be the solution to Brazil's Zika outbreak

Data and scientific studies show that the relationship between poverty and the disease may not be as strong as you thought.

Improving water sources, sanitation facilities and poverty alleviation may not be the solution to Brazil's Zika outbreak
A baby born with microcephaly reacts to stimulus during an evaluation session with a physiotherapist at the Altino Ventura rehabilitation center in Recife, Brazil on January 28, 2016.

We're not sure if Zika is causing all those microcephaly cases. But there's no evidence it's pesticides.

Brazil's surge in microcephaly cases has been widely blamed on the Zika virus. Now some claim it might be caused by pesticides, or even vaccines. We asked an NIH expert to sort out what we know from what we don't.

We're not sure if Zika is causing all those microcephaly cases. But there's no evidence it's pesticides.
Brazilian soldiers distribute educational flyers about the Zika virus in São Paulo, the country's largest city.

Zika is a window into a much bigger story in Brazil

It's a story about mosquitoes, public health, water and women, which is why The World has sent its Across Womens' Lives team to Brazil. They’re there to report on how Zika fits into the story of Brazilian women’s struggles to improve their lives in a time of rapid and often disturbing environmental change.

Zika is a window into a much bigger story in Brazil
Image mash-up combining WhatsApp logo and Brazilian flag.

WhatsApp is back on in Brazil. But why was it blocked in the first place?

This week millions of Brazilians lost access to WhatsApp after a local court ordered a 48-hour, country-wide blackout as part of a secret criminal investigation.

WhatsApp is back on in Brazil. But why was it blocked in the first place?
March against house speaker Eduardo Cunha's abortion bill on International Day to End Violence Against Women in Rio de Janeiro

A mother’s fight for abortion rights in evangelical Brazil

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.

A mother’s fight for abortion rights in evangelical Brazil
A Brazilian drug gang member nicknamed Pilintra, 26, poses with guns in Salvador.

In Brazil, where the homicide rate is five times that of the US, a new push to relax gun laws.

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.

In Brazil, where the homicide rate is five times that of the US, a new push to relax gun laws.
Behind the possible impeachment of Brazil's president

Impeachment of Brazil's president? What's going on?

EXPLAINER: Why the impeachment facing Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff actually may be good for Brazil. But will it affect the 2016 Olympics?

Impeachment of Brazil's president? What's going on?