NATIONAL TRUTH COMMISSION (NTC)
Relatives of those who were killed or disappeared for political reasons struggled for decades, demanding the clarification of crimes that occurred during the Brazilian military dictatorship, so that i
FAMINE NOWADAYS
Published in July 2022, the 2nd National Survey on Food Insecurity in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic in Brazil shows that only 4 out of 10 families in Brazil have full access to food and that 33
THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CRISIS AND SOCIAL INEQUALITY
According to research carried out by the Institute for Mobility and Social Development (IMDS, 2022), 47.3 million Brazilians reached the critical poverty level at the end of last year. The number is e
RACIAL VIOLENCE AGAINST THE BLACK POPULATION NOWADAYS
The 16th Brazilian Yearbook on Public Security, from 2022, shows that black people continue to be the majority of victims of violent crimes in the country. Among the violent intentional deaths, 78% of
RACIAL VIOLENCE AGAINST THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION NOWADAYS
The Report on Violence against Indigenous Peoples 2021 reveals that, in its third year, Jair Bolsonaro administration maintained the policy guideline that paralyzes the demarcation of indigenous lands
THE CURRENT VIOLATION OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
At least 230 professionals and media outlets suffered some kind of attack in 2021, according to the Report on Violations of Freedom of Expression by ABERT (Brazilian Association of Radio and Televisio
SANITARY CRISIS MANAGEMENT TODAY
The COVID-19 pandemic struck the Brazilian population who already was in a situation of widespread social and economic vulnerability. Until September 2022, more than 684,000 deaths from the disease we
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