By Alba Santandreu Sao Paulo, Oct 25 (EFE).- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and ex-head of state Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva are engaged in an all-out battle to woo religious voters ahead of Sunday’s runoff election. Although religion has always been a factor in Brazilian politics, it has taken center stage in the current election …
By Alba Santandreu Sao Paulo, Oct 12 (EFE).- More de 175 indigenous languages have endured in Brazil despite centuries of colonization and that legacy is celebrated in a new exhibit that opened here Wednesday. “Nhe’e Pora: Memory and Transformation” signals the start of the 2022-2032 International Decade of Indigenous Languages of Brazil, promoted by the …
By Alba Santandreu Sao Paulo, Sep 22 (EFE).- A Brazilian former senator and environment minister, three-time presidential candidate and icon of Amazon conservation efforts, Marina Silva now is seeking a seat in the lower house of Congress to help combat the legacy of incumbent head of state Jair Bolsonaro, whom she accuses of turning the …
By Alba Santandreu Sao Paulo, Sep 6 (EFE).- On Sept. 7, 1822, the then-prince of Portugal, Pedro de Braganca, declared Brazil to be an independent nation, a deed that has gone down in history as an heroic act and which, 200 years later, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro intends to capitalize on in the run-up to …
By Alba Santandreu Sao Paulo, Aug 30 (EFE).- Former Brazilian President and current presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday proposed “resuming” disarming the public if he wins the October election, in contrast to the weapons policy being pushed by ultrarightist President Jair Bolsonaro, who is running for reelection. The leader of the …