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Daniel Giovanaz, Pedro Stropasolas
Eating With Hope: Solidarity Initiatives are the Alternative for Brazil’s Hungry
21 Aug 2021
Over the past few years, an about-turn in policies saw a massive increase in hunger in Brazil. As the pandemic wreaked havoc, solidarity initiatives and donations, which feed close to 30% of the…
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Mapping Faultlines: Jair Bolsonaro in Trouble; Winds of Change in Latin America
17 Jul 2021
In this episode of Mapping Faultlines, Newsclick's Prabir Purkayastha talks about the mounting challenges to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro due to his mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ruhi Bhasin
Mismanagement of the COVID-19 Crisis Increases Food Insecurity in India and Brazil
14 May 2021
During the second week of May, India recorded more than 400,000 daily infections and more than 4,000 deaths, surpassing earlier records, and has overtaken Brazil as having the second-largest number…
M.K. Bhadrakumar
Return of the ‘Pink Tide’ in Brazil
12 Mar 2021
Former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s on Wednesday excoriated the far-right incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro’s “moronic” and bungling response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Brazil: With His Convictions Quashed, Ex-Prez Lula May Challenge Bolsonaro in 2022 Elections
09 Mar 2021
A Supreme Court justice’s decision to annul the sentences of Brazil’s ex-President ‘Lula’ has enabled him to run for office next year against Jair Bolsonaro.
Yanis Iqbal
USA’s Game Plan in Venezuela: Strangulation through Sanctions
21 Jan 2021
‘Perhaps the irony of all ironies is that the sanctions were meant to ‘save or liberate’ Venezuela from some supposed tyranny. The method for US-styled liberation is peculiar. When a country is in…
Vijay Prashad, John Ross
China Is Working to Expand Its Ties to Latin America
11 Nov 2020
China has developed three distinct pillars toward Latin America: purchases of Latin American goods, Chinese investment in Latin America, and Chinese political solidarity with key Latin American…
Lautaro Rivara
Haiti has a Long History of Being Assaulted by its Latin American Neighbors
23 Oct 2020
A 15-year peacekeeping mission by the UN in Haiti that ended one year ago still has unanswered questions about how Latin American nations came to participate in the occupation against a small,…
Newsclick Team
Is India Actually Doing Better than Others in the Fight Against Coronavirus?
01 Sep 2020
It is repeatedly being said that India is doing better than most other countries in the fight against Coronavirus.
Newsclick Team
Will India Overtake US in COVID-19 Cases ?
03 Aug 2020
Newsclick's Prabir Purkayastha looks at the rising number of COVID-19 cases in India and where it stands among other countries in terms of the spread of the disease.