In an exclusive interview conducted over email with America, Archbishop Azevedo criticized Brazilian politicians “in different stances of power” who have “minimized the effects of the pandemic.”
Filipe Domingues
Filipe Domingues is a Brazilian journalist who reports on religion, environment and economics.
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Brazil begins pilot advisory project for the protection of minors
The advisory panels should become a means of assistance and counsel for their respective national bishops’ conferences. “The members of these groups can instruct, with their own experience, how to deal with the issue of abuse, especially when it comes to listening to victims and accompanying them.”
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School rampage an extreme case of violence already common in Brazil
Brazil is still reeling three days after 10 people were killed by two young men who assaulted a São Paulo suburban school on March 12.
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Will Brazil’s Bolsonaro protect more than 100 uncontacted indigenous communities?
For many of these small groups, remaining uncontacted is a survival strategy.
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro is worried about a new ‘leftist’ insurgency: The Catholic Church.
Some members of the armed forces resent the influence and popularity of the Catholic Church in the Amazon.
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Venezuelans in Brazil watch as a leadership crisis continues to grip their homeland
“As long as there is a dictatorship in Venezuela, it is better not to return,” said Alexander. “I feel that there is an illegitimate government, a power that literally controls everything, but also an opposition that has defrauded the people many times.”
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After dam disaster, can Brazil pursue economic development and care for its environment?
The tragedy raises anew the question: Is Brazil capable of pursuing economic development while responsibly caring for its environment?
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Despite ‘zero poverty’ promise in Argentina, poverty is on the rise
Soup lines are longer, more people depend on charities to get by, and more live on the streets or have joined the burgeoning populations of Argentina’s impoverished villas.
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In Brazil, Bolsonaro, the ‘Trump of the Tropics,’ takes office
Mr. Bolsonaro’s far-right rhetoric during the campaign has led to uncertainties about his policies as president and drawn international concern about the course he will set for the nation.
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Confronting femicide in Brazil
Ms. Morais’s death is a notorious example of an everyday horror in Brazil and other Latin American states: the crime of femicide. In 2017 at least 2,795 women were victims of femicide in 23 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.