Joan Royo Gual

Over the past two years, there has been a 45% increase in attacks fueled by religious intolerance. According to specialists, this is related to the surge of evangelical fundamentalism

Plagued by legal problems and public protests, construction of this attraction on Sugarloaf Mountain has been halted by court order

The police ombudsman has opened an investigation after 600 officers were deployed in a favela following the fatal shooting. Witnesses reported abuses including alleged torture

After a decade, the city where the singer’s career took off is reopening the museum that displays her costumes, photos and famous tropical headdresses, a departure from Brazil’s indifference towards its biggest international star

The annual report by the Indigenous Missionary Council links the increase in violence to the dismantling of policies and the far-right rhetoric of the ex-president

One of the two individuals awaiting trial for the murder of the councilor from Rio de Janeiro has given investigators new clues as part of a plea bargain

Patricia da Rosa is determined to find out how many specimens of Brazilwood are left. Almost eradicated in the 16th century because of its value as a dye, the species is still endangered today

Initially viewed as a plague, the arrival of the dusky-legged guan revolutionized a coffee plantation in Brazil. A kilo costs $1,700 at the Harrods department store in London

The withdrawal of an award honoring Princess Elizabeth, who in 1888 signed the law that freed thousands of blacks, revives the debate about a figure elevated to heroine status by official history

Alarm bells are sounding after a 25-year-old man hacked four young children to death at a daycare center

Countless neighbors have found in the classes offered at the Yoga na Maré Institute a way to cope with the stress caused by continuous police operations

The house of artist Kdu dos Anjos, built by the Levante Collective, is a modest brick construction in the middle of a shantytown in Belo Horizonte

The Viradouro samba school featured Rosa Egipciaca, a slave with a religious following who drew the ire of the Inquisition

The South American country has become one of the few remaining options to get a humanitarian visa to escape the Taliban. São Paulo’s airport has been hosting new arrivals in a makeshift camp for months

At least 1,200 Brazilians have been detained after violently marching on the government buildings in the national capital, Brasília

Analysts believe the former president could be barred from running in new elections. Prosecutors at the Federal Court of Audits want to freeze his assets

After months of tolerance, authorities dismantled a large camp that had been set up in front of Army headquarters by supporters of former leader Jair Bolsonaro who claim the October election was stolen

The group, which includes billionaire Luciano Hang, discussed the advantages of staging an insurrection if the president loses the October vote against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is leading in the polls