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Brazil’s Supreme Court Rules Homophobia Punishable by Prison in Landmark Decision

Anna OrtegaAugust 24, 2023

by Anna OrtegaAugust 24, 202304454

Being a queer Latinx can be an alienating and often dangerous experience. As greater Latinx culture places traditional family values on a pedestal and enforces harmful structures like heteronormativity, machismo, and marianismo, many LGBTQIA+ people in Latin America face the...

News and Entertainment

Indigenous Activist from Brazil Awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize

Virginia IsaadMay 3, 2023May 8, 2023

by Virginia IsaadMay 3, 2023May 8, 202302461

Indigenous communities are constantly having to protect their lands and livelihood and in the Amazon in Brazil it remains an ongoing struggle. Alessandra Korap Munduruku, a member of the Munduruku people, a community of about 14,000 throughout the Tapajós River...

Culture

10 of the Most Haunted Places Throughout Latin America

Nicole YoungOctober 26, 2022October 26, 2022

by Nicole YoungOctober 26, 2022October 26, 2022043465

Haunted places carry with them creepy legends attributed to the haunting and in Latin America there are several truly scary sites you may or may not want to visit one day. Even if you’re not a big believer in the paranormal,...

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Brazil’s Census Now Includes Black Communities in Quilombos

Anna OrtegaOctober 6, 2022

by Anna OrtegaOctober 6, 202203658

For the first time in its 132-year history, Brazil’s census now will now count members of the quilombo communities founded by runaway slaves, Reuters reported. In an effort to resist forced labor, they founded these isolated communities in remote areas over...

Lifestyle

8 Stunning Airbnbs in Latin America You Need to Check Out

Nicole YoungJune 28, 2022

by Nicole YoungJune 28, 202205403

Majorly Instagrammable places, authentic culinary hotspots, warm weather, private pools, and, of course, ocean views. Latin America has it all and places like Mexico, Costa Rica, and Brazil are dream destinations that we could never get enough of. Whether you’re...

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Murders of Indigenous People in Brazil Increased Tremendously in 2020

Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonNovember 9, 2021

by Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonNovember 9, 202103051

It’s a well known but rarely reported fact that the Indigenous community, particularly women, are killed at high rates. Now a new report is highlighting the dramatic increase in murders of the Indigenous community in Brazil. The Catholic Church’s Indigenous...

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Colombia, Brazil Among Top Coffee Producers in LATAM You Need to Try

Nicole YoungAugust 31, 2021September 5, 2021

by Nicole YoungAugust 31, 2021September 5, 2021017662

Our morning cafecito is a beloved tradition stemming from a long-standing history in Latin American of cultivating coffee specifically in Colombia and Brazil. Each country has their own version of making coffee and they’re all different but equally delicious so...

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Gisele Barreto Fetterman, Latina Second Lady of Pennsylvania, Verbally Assaulted by Racist White Woman

Virginia IsaadOctober 13, 2020

by Virginia IsaadOctober 13, 202007286

Gisele Barreto Fetterman is the wife of Pennsylvania’s Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman and a formerly undocumented immigrant from Brazil. She recently posted about a racist encounter she had on Sunday at a grocery store near her home outside of...

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Amazon’s Chief Raoni Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Virginia IsaadSeptember 16, 2019July 28, 2020

by Virginia IsaadSeptember 16, 2019July 28, 202005097

Chief Raoni Metuktire has been campaigning for environmental causes for decades, most recently for the fires raging in the Amazon rain forest, and he’s now being recognized for his efforts as a candidate for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. A...

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Female Chief in the Amazon is on a Mission to Save the Rain Forest

Virginia IsaadAugust 26, 2019July 30, 2020

by Virginia IsaadAugust 26, 2019July 30, 202007617

As the wildfires rage on in the Brazilian Amazon, Ajareaty Waiapi is attending school at age 59 to educate herself and the rest of the world about saving and conserving the world’s largest tropical rain forest. In Amapá, located in...

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Anitta on ‘Kisses’ and Women Supporting Women

V. Alexandra de F. SzoenyiJune 5, 2019August 4, 2020

by V. Alexandra de F. SzoenyiJune 5, 2019August 4, 202003068

You’d have to be living under a rock to not have heard by now of Brazilian singer, songwriter, and actress Anitta. The Rio native, born Larissa de Macedo Machado, has definitely made her presence in music known, with various...

Culture

Vogue Brazil Director Resigns After Posting Birthday Images Evoking “Slavery”

Araceli CruzFebruary 15, 2019August 14, 2020

by Araceli CruzFebruary 15, 2019August 14, 202002570

Donata Meirelles, the Fashion Director of Vogue Brazil, resigned this week after images from her 50th birthday party went viral that depicted slavery in the colonial era. The photos in question show Meirelles sitting in a chair surrounding by Black models. Other...