Geri Augusto
December 10, 2015
Dr. Geri Augusto, Visiting Associate Professor of Africana Studies, Watson Faculty Fellow, Faculty Affiliate of the Science and Society Program, and Brazil Initiative collaborator describes her work in Brazil.
News Archive 2015
Wave of Protests Against Brazil's 'Black Genocide'
December 8, 2015
In the neighborhood of Madureira in Rio de Janeiro, people protest the killing of 5 young Black men that occured on November 28 at the hands of police, calling for an end to this new form of 'Black Genocide.'
Brazil's Only Slave Memoir to be Published in Portuguese for First Time
November 24, 2015
Of the four million Africans brought to Brazil as Slaves, only Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua wrote down his story. The memoir, first published in English when Baquaqua was a free man in Canada, will now be published in Protuguese as part of the drive to improve teaching of Afro-Brazilian history.
Alternate Paths to Economic Development
November 20, 2015
Visiting scholar Rahul Sirohi compares and contrasts Brazilian and Indian strategies of development during the era of neo-liberalism.
Black Women's March in Rio
November 19, 2015
November 18, 2015 - women in Rio participate in the Black Women's March against racism, violence, as well as for the well-being and social respect on behalf of the 59.4 million women that identify as Black or mixed-race throughout Brazil.
The Value of Transregional/Transnational Comparative Scholarship
November 17, 2015
Why does work that crosses between the Middle East and Latin America (specifically Brazil) raise questions and develop methods that are uniquely productive and illuminating?
Two Mining Dams Collapse in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil
November 17, 2015
In the mining state of Minas Gerais, a slow-moving tide of toxic iron-ore residue is traveling downriver polluting water systems and destroying protected biospheres as it makes its way to the Atlantic Ocean.
Political and Social Unrest in Brazil
November 12, 2015
A roundtable on the current Brazilian crisis
Neil Safier
November 12, 2015
Dr. Neil Safier historian and director of the John Carter Brown Library talks about the Brasiliana collection and his experience working in Brazil.
Preparing for the 2016 Olympic Games
November 12, 2015
Large infrastructure projects are underway across the city to prepare Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 summer Olympics. However, this type of development does not serve to resolve the urban concerns of the citizentry.
Development of Olympic Park for 2016 Games in Rio
November 10, 2015
Preparations for Olympic Park are underway in Rio de Janeiro. What have been the effects on local communities of getting the city ready to host the 2016 Olympic Games?
Zero Waste Week in Rio de Janeiro
November 5, 2015
The "Instituto Lixo Zero Brasil" recently organized the first zero waste week in Rio de Janeiro to raise awarness on waste management across the city.
Science Research Funding in Brazil
November 3, 2015
Brazil's economic crisis brings about changes to science research funding as the Party pushes for higher-impact science.
Inequalities of Housing Program in Rio de Janeiro
October 29, 2015
A new study looks at the living conditions in Brazil's "Minha Casa Minha Vida" housing program and its effects on residents.
Legacies of Violence from Brazil's Dictatorship
October 26, 2015
Brazil continues to struggle to right its own wrongs committed during its 21 year dictatorship in the specific case of the atrocities suffered by people in Xambioá, Brazil.
Drug policies require global action (written by Gregory Duff Morton)
October 26, 2015 The Providence Journal
Gregory Duff Morton in the Providence Journal, "Modern medicine has brought many wonder drugs to the market in recent years. Along with some of these advances have come unconscionable prices."
Health Inequalities and their Political Implications in Rio De Janeiro
October 22, 2015
Historic inequalities in the city's urban planning concepts perpetuate a socioeconomic segregation and unequal access to health in Rio de Janeiro.
Brazil's Health Care System: Advances and Challenges
October 19, 2015
Brazil's Unified Health Care System, or SUS, provides an innovative community-based approach to primary care. Yet it continues to face significant organizational challenges even with substantial gains. Read this week's first installment at the Brazil Initiative on public health in Brazil.
China's Influence on Brazil's Deforestation
October 15, 2015
As China and Brazil move towards creating a stronger economic alliance, meeting China's demand for raw goods is having a heavy impact on the problem of deforestation in Brazil.
Water, Sustainability and Development in Megacities
October 13, 2015
As globalization and development continue their courses, today's giant cities face the ever growing difficulty of securing and managing water resources. This article by Norman Gill puts this issue into a comparative perspective, putting São Paulo into conversation with places like Beijing, Mumbai and Mexico City. This is the first in this week's installment of articles on sustainability and development in Brazil, one of our 6 key areas of engagement. Stay tuned for more!
Brazil TV Show Confronts Race Issues
October 8, 2015
Brazil's new musical sitcom "Mr. Brau" will be defying long perpetuated racial steriotypes in the country's entertainment industry by featuring actors Taís Araújo and Lázaro Ramos as a prominent Black middle-class couple living in Rio de Janeiro.
Video Shows Cover-Up of Police Shooting in Rio Favela
October 5, 2015
A video shot by cellphone shows police in Rio de Janeiro covered up a crime scene in the shooting of Eduardo Santos in the favela Providencia. This is the first in this week's installment of news stories from Brazil on the subject of race and ethnicity.
Six key issues the US-Brazil climate change announcement could have addressed, but didn’t (written by Timmons Roberts)
June 30, 2015 Brookings Blog
Timmons Roberts on Brookings Blog, "As with the U.S.-China announcement in November 2014, the announcement today again shows how climate targets can be “differentiated” between countries. Developed countries can have more absolute targets, whereas developing nations have put forward targets of other sorts."
International Collaborative Symposium on Brazilian History
June 5, 2015
This international symposium on Brazilian political history is a collaboration between Casa Rui Barbosa, the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brown University and EHESS from Paris, France.
Mau comportamento masculino não pode ser aceito, diz antropólogo (interview with Matthew Gutmann)
May 18, 2015 Folha de São Paulo
Folha de São Paulo interviews Faculty Fellow Matthew Gutmann.
Amy Nunn -Brazil Community Health Fellowship in Bahia: Final Report, 2014
February 2, 2015
Dr. Amy Nunn of Brown University, and her Brazilian research partner Dr. Ines Dourado from the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) have come out with a report detailing the activities of their public health project in Brazil. The report explains the specifics of the collaboration, the student training involved and the articles and publications that have come out of their important work.