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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
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Sanitation a Reality on Paper Only
An enormous sanitation project, with the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre at its epicenter, so far has seen 12 years pass, an investment of 220 million dollars, and no results.EDUCATION: Global Forum Calls for Egalitarian Public Schooling
Public education for all, financed by the state and not seen as a merchandise or service but aimed at building a democratic, egalitarian society with solidarity was the key demand set forth by the World Education Forum, in Brazil.EDUCATION: Schools Fail to Halt Social Injustice, Says Forum
Schools have become a source of social injustice because they do not ensure that young people are ready for employment, and thus widen the gap between rich and poor, British academic Stephen Stoer told the World Education Forum, meeting in this southern Brazilian city this week.RIGHTS-BRAZIL: Community Activists Contain Domestic Violence
Domestic violence in the crowded neighbourhood of Bom Jesus, in the city of Porto Alegre, has been halved in the past six years, thanks to community activists.RIGHTS-BRAZIL: Human Rights Defenders in the Ranks of the Police
Many officers are shedding the repressive image that has long surrounded Brazil's police forces, and taking on a task that has been almost exclusively the domain of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), church groups and legal experts: the defence of human rights.RIGHTS-BRAZIL: Elderly Rights Become a National Priority
Brazil has realised that it is no longer a country of young people and is trying to make up for lost time by providing its ever-increasing elderly population with full rights.RIGHTS-BRAZIL: HIV-Carriers – 10 Years Fighting for Their Lives
A group of people living with the Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus (HIV), which causes the Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), joined together 10 years ago in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre to demand respect for their right to life.RIGHTS-BRAZIL: Shelter Offers Refuge for Beaten Women
Maria (not her real name) speaks slowly as though slowly recovering her liberty, but fearing she will lose control.HEALTH-BRAZIL: Kids at Risk from Agrochemicals on Tobacco Farms
Children in Brazil's southern tobacco-growing region suffer frequent intoxication by agrochemicals, while working - illegally - in high-risk conditions.RIGHTS-BRAZIL: Child Labour Rampant in Tobacco Sector
Six year old Daniel Lopes Lencine nimbly grasps the yellow leaves of dried tobacco and, in one swift agile movement, ties them up in a bigger leaf.RIGHTS-BRAZIL: Women Begin to Fight Back Against Violence
Bruises on her body and a frightened look in her eyes indicate why the 19-year-old woman, four months pregnant and with two children, joined a group of women battered by their husbands, partners or relatives.RIGHTS-BRAZIL: Education Guarantees Indigenous Identity/CORRECTED REPEAT/
Practical recognition of the culture of the indigenous population and their right to their identity is finally becoming reality in Brazil, almost 500 years after their first contact with Europeans.RIGHTS-BRAZIL: Education Guarantees Indigenous Identity
Practical recognition of the culture of the indigenous population and their right to their identity is being set down on paper in Brazil, almost 500 years after their first contact with Europeans.RIGHTS-LATIN AMERICA: Pinochet Case Reopens Old Wounds in Brazil
The arrest of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in London has reopened old wounds in Brazil, whose nationals were both perpetrators and victims of human rights abuses in Chile.HEALTH: Brazilian Football Star Joins Anti-smoking Brigade
Gerson de Olivieria Nunes, a member of Brazil's 1970 world championship side and now a TV personality, puffed his way to fame in advertisements promoting a brand of cigarettes. Now he has joined the ranks of sports stars who have quit smoking.HEALTH-BRAZIL: Stop Smoking in Sports
Gerson de Olivieria Nunes, 1970 world champion with the Brazilian soccer team, puffed his way to fame in ads promoting a cigarette brand. Now, he has decided to quit.BRAZIL: Smoking or Non-Smoking?
When Sao Paulo, Brazil's most cosmopolitan city, decided to prohibit smoking in restaurants in line with the wishes of Mayor Paulo Maluf, it sparked an immediate furore.« Previous Page
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