Lourdes Garcia-Navarro
Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 06:25
Almost 60,000 people were murdered in Brazil in 2014, most with guns. While some Latin American countries have higher per capita murder rates, in absolute numbers, Brazil is the deadliest place in the world outside Syria.
Friday, March 14, 2014 - 00:00
So far, most analysts agree that the protesters haven't reached a critical mass yet. And people outside the protest movements - who are also tired of the conditions here - seem conflicted.
Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 00:00
Should they or shouldn't they? That's the question Brazilians are asking themselves after Edward Snowden's "open letter"
Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - 00:00
More than 3 million people came to Rio's famed Copacabana beach for the final Mass of Pope Francis' trip to Brazil.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 - 00:00
"It's a legacy of Brazilian slavery," Mascaro says. "Until now, society here didn't even consider domesticas as a working class. This new law tries to minimize the exploitation"
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 00:00
The sheer size of the terrain that will be covered makes this one of the most ambitious defense programs ever put in place in Brazil.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - 00:00
Children increasingly aren't only the victims of violence in Brazil, they are often the perpetrators -- and the country is struggling with what to do about it.