João Cândido and other navy sailors radicalised in England held Rio de Janeiro hostage in a revolt over corporal punishment. By Tiago Rogero, The Guardian — He was a Black…
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Brazil has finally started hearing very public demands for reparations for its role in slavery. By Eléonore Hughes, AP — The executive manager for institutional relations at a Brazilian state…
Attorneys with the Federal Public Ministry gave Banco do Brasil 15 days to apologize for its role in slavery and present a plan for some form of reparations. By Terrence…
Researchers are at last revealing how slavery and the slave trade shaped the country’s institutions. By Constance Malleret, The Guardian — On 27 July 1825, a brig called Espadarte (Swordfish)…
Banco do Brasil, one of country’s biggest banks, under scrutiny as institutions called to account for role in trafficking of Africans. By Constance Malleret, The Guardian — Brazilian prosecutors have…
Women make up 51% of the population, and Afro-Brazilians 56%, but no Black woman has ever sat on the highest court. By Constance Malleret, The Guardian — A young Black…
There is new hope for Brazil in President Luiz Inácio Lula’s courageous stand against racism, says Hippolyte Fofack. By Hippolyte Fofack, New African Magazine — The US State Department’s annual…
By Catarina Demony, Reuters — Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said on Tuesday his country should apologise and take responsibility for its role in the transatlantic slave trade, the…
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva speaks out about deforestation and the weakness of global institutions before his speech at the COP27 climate summit. By Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker…
By Mario Osava, IPS — The battle against racism and inequality will be a long one in Brazil, because a prejudice against the intellectual capacity of blacks is a problem…
By Xinhua — The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Wednesday warned of a “dire” rise in hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean, after the number of…
By Alexa Imani Spencer, Black Enterprise — A cemetery of enslaved Africans in Brazil has been discovered and turned into a museum after nearly 200 years. The cemetery site was…
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