Protesters demonstrating for a water supply were targeted by a terrorist today (18th July 19). Today , the Landless Movement members (MST) of “Camp Marielle Vive” in Valinhos, Brazil, held a peaceful demonstration on Jequitibá Road, km 07, in front of the Camp, when they were surprised by a man with a pickup truck at […]
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Caiçaras Traditional Lifestyle, and Livelihood, Under Threat from Bolsonaro’s Brazil
Bolsonaro’s policies threaten the traditional inhabitants of the coastal regions of the south eastern and southern Brazil. Yesterday, three houses of Caiçaras in the ecological station Juréia- Itatins, Brazil, were demolished by state agents on the grounds that they occupied an illegal area. Caiçaras are the traditional inhabitants of the coastal regions of the southeastern and southern Brazil, […]
Nathália Urban Reviews – The Edge of Democracy
I just finished watching The Edge of Democracy (Netflix) directed by the filmmaker Petra Costa, in short the film shows the critical points that led to the rise of the extreme right in Brazil today, but not forgetting its painful past with the military dictatorship. I could try to keep myself impersonal while I’m writing […]
Bioma – Feminist Queercore Band
Bioma is a feminist queercore band, founded in 2017. The band arises from the encounter of four women from São Paulo (Brazil), carrying a intersectional feminist speech and libertarian (left-wing, anarchist), anti-rascist, anti-LGBTfobia and anti-CIStemic posture. Bioma’s lyrics are a direct reflection of what happens in politics as a whole, as well as the band’s […]
Áurea Carolina speaks out: “Brazil has become an even more threatening country for those who fight for their rights.”
Interview of Áurea Carolina by Nathália Urban (@UrbanNathalia) The world is aware of the absurdity and outbursts of Jair Bolsonaro’s government, but perhaps people do not know that many of their mistaken decisions are facing strong resistance, mainly in the Chamber of Deputies. One of the main voices of this resistance is Deputy Áurea Carolina, […]
Brazil: Teacher Illegally Detained During Class by Police
According to information from the Federal Union of Public servers of Basic, Professional and Technological Education (SINASEFE), the teacher and trade unionist Camila Marques was arrested yesterday morning, (Tues 15/04), at the Aguas Lindas campus of the Federal Institute of Goiás (IFG). She was in class when she was detained. During a statement recorded in […]
Brazil’s new administration hinders upkeep and development of women’s rights in the country
Brazil is a place of many contradictions, inequalities and social struggles with no easy answers. Many have failed to either minimise or even address these problems in the past, but no one has shown so much disregard for them as current president Jair Bolsonaro does. At least, not since the days of dictatorship that plunged […]
Nathália Urban Writing
News, Articles, Reviews and Opinion Open letter from #ResistBrazil Scotland Trans visibility in Brazil Dam disaster in Brazil Brazil, Bolsonaro, Liberation Theology and the new attacks on the Church Colombia Attacks, Venezuela Brazil: Teacher Illegally Detained During Class by Police Áurea Carolina speaks out: “Brazil has become an even more threatening country for those who […]
Colombia Attacks, Venezuela
Venezuela: an update Things are getting ugly between Brazil and Venezuela. The Bolivarian National Guard expanded their security on Saturday morning and all the access has being closed down, according to the Brazilian Army. In addition to the military post between Pacaraima and Santa Elena do Uairen, Venezuelan soldiers have been mobilised around large parts […]
Brazil, Bolsonaro, Liberation Theology and the new attacks on the Church
Bolsonaro’s government is becoming well known for their paranoia against “invisible enemies,” one of their traits is to accuse the most unthinkable people/institutions to be leftists. After accusing BBC, The EU and The economist of being communists, Bolsonaro’s government has a new target: The Catholic Church! It might sound surprising and even random to many […]