Brazil
Video Shows Brazil Rioters Breaching Inadequate Security
It was an unfair fight in front of Brazil’s Congress. On one side of a metal barrier were a few dozen police officers, some armed with pepper spray, others with clubs. On the other was a rapidly growing mob of more than 1,000 angry protesters, falsely convinced that the presidential election had been stolen and […]
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In Pakistan, a Leader in Trans Rights, Reality Is Slower to Change Than Law
KARACHI, Pakistan — Four years ago, Pakistan stepped to the forefront of transgender rights worldwide, enacting a law that prohibits discrimination against transgender people in schools, workplaces and public settings, and guarantees them the right to choose their gender on official documents. Pakistan, a nation known for religious conservatism that still outlaws same-sex relations, joined […]
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When Brazil Banned Abortion Pills, Women Turned to Drug Traffickers
Women’s reliance on the black market for access to medication abortions means they may not follow best medical practice. When C., a 24-year-old teacher in Recife, bought misoprostol from a drug dealer last year, she searched Google to figure out how to take it. “Because it was illegal, there was no information about how to […]
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Man Confesses to Killing 2 Men Missing in the Amazon, Police Say
BRASÍLIA — A fisherman confessed that he helped kill a British journalist and a Brazilian expert on Indigenous peoples and then went with the authorities to look for their bodies on Wednesday, according to the Brazilian federal police. It was a grim breakthrough in the 10-day search for the missing men deep in the Amazon […]
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Biden Races to Expand Coalition Against Russia but Meets Resistance
WASHINGTON — Even before the start of the war in Ukraine, an international alliance to rally the world against a Russian invasion came together so quickly that President Biden later marveled at the “purpose and unity found in months that we’d once taken years to accomplish.” Now, with the conflict in its fourth month, U.S. […]
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Men Missing in Amazon Faced Threats Before They Disappeared
RIO DE JANEIRO — The Javari Valley in the Amazon rainforest is one of the most isolated places on the planet. It is a densely forested Indigenous reserve the size of Maine where there are virtually no roads, trips can take a week by boat and at least 19 Indigenous groups are believed to still […]
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British Journalist and Brazilian Indigenous Expert Missing in the Amazon
Brazilian journalists and Indigenous activists criticized the authorities’ search efforts late Monday, in part because it appeared that they had still not used a helicopter, which could be crucial in finding the men in such a vast and remote area. The army also initially said late Monday that it had not received authorization to dispatch […]
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Poor Countries Face a Mounting Catastrophe Fueled by Inflation and Debt
Before war ravaged Yemen, Walid Al-Ahdal did not worry about feeding his children. At his hometown near the Red Sea, his family grew corn, raised goats and relied on their own cow for milk. But for the last four years, after fighting forced them to flee, their home has been a tent at a camp […]
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Brazil Lifts Its Ban on Telegram After Two Days
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s Congress, Supreme Court, election officials and federal police have been trying to get a response from Telegram, the fast-growing messaging app, for months. It turned out, all they had to do was ban it. On Friday, Brazil’s Supreme Court blocked Telegram in the country because the company behind the app […]
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