"(As) a way of protest, I begin...a hunger-strike as a last resort in defence of the truth that is being hidden from the Brazilian people...My quest will
The ashes were still being washed from the streets that staged the Rio de Janeiro carnival when Brazilians' eyes immediately turned to the two big events ahead in 2006:
When Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva toured the Tropicália exposition at London's Barbican Centre during his state visit to Britain on 7-9 March 2006, he may
My blessed women, my blessed women, run the lyrics of a samba-enredo (samba anthem or theme song). This song, written in honour of the most celebrated women in Brazilian history,
The World Social Forum (WSF) in Caracas ended its first day with a protest demonstration resounding to chanted slogans against empire and war. Many activists in the huge Venezuelan gathering
“This house is judging me, but it is also judging itself”. The year-long political thunderstorm in Brazil was symbolically closed on 30 November 2005 when the congressman José Dirceu de
On Sunday 6 November, I met the politically beleaguered president of the United States in Brasilia, a part of the Latin America the men in his position used to call
In a small Brazilian city, José Maria da Silva woke up on Sunday 23 October after a hard working week and prepared to observe a compulsory duty. Not to attend
“That the praise of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment”. Using the Book of Job (20:5) as rhetorical weapon was how
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva addressed the Brazilian people on the morning of Friday 12 August in a speech transmitted live on radio and TV networks across this vast
Why are there rich and poor countries? Why are there rich and poor continents? Why are there rich and poor ethnic groups? Why are men usually richer than women? An
The South African president, Thabo Mbeki, sacked his deputy Jacob Zuma on 14 June over a corruption scandal. Today in Brazil, President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva’s chief of
