For almost three years, Brazil’s president has chipped away at the social contract that has held the country together for 36 years as a democratic state. Following the cue of other far-right movements, this is how he wrote his very own authoritarian rules of the game
The fashionable health food grows in villages like Punã in Brazil, where incentives are in place to prevent deforestation and add value to local produce
More than half of rape victims in the country were under the age of 13, according to the Brazilian Forum for Public Safety, with four such assaults taking place every hour
The figure, which is being built in the small inland town of Encantado, has sparked a good-humored spat between the mayors of the two cities
The elder Aruká, who died last week in a hospital in the upper Amazon River basin, leaves behind three daughters who are now the only survivors of a group that counted on thousands of members just three centuries ago
Squel Jorgea from the Mangueira samba school talks to EL PAÍS about the impact the cancellation of the famous event due to the coronavirus has had on the country, particularly Rio de Janeiro
Madalena Gordiano was just eight years old when she began working for a wealthy family without pay or holidays – an extreme example of racism that reflects the legacy of centuries of slavery in Brazil
The former Brazilian president talked to EL PAÍS about his future plans in one of the first interviews he has granted following his release by the Supreme Court
Brazilian soccer star plays monk in scenes that had been previously left out of episodes six and eight
EL PAÍS has had access to a photograph of the drug-filled suitcase that was intercepted in Spain as Jair Bolsonaro’s support aircraft traveled to the Group of 20 summit in Japan
UNHCR refugee agency welcomes latest ‘Aquarius’ outcome but says a predictable disembarkation process is urgently needed
The NGO-run vessel says it is surprised by the threat, which it argues is motivated by “political interests”
The NGO rescue ship has been seeking a safe port since it picked up 141 people off the coast of Libya on Friday
In June, the Spanish government offered safe port to the vessel, which was carrying 630 would-be immigrants
The NGOs running the rescue ship warn that another such journey would be unfeasible, as the debate in Europe over how to deal with the situation rages on
The 630 people who were turned away by Italy and Malta arrived in Valencia on Sunday to a crowd of 2,300
Conditions have become rougher for the rescue ship as the vessel heads for Valencia, leaving occupants with seasickness and fatigue
For Algerians and Moroccans, Valencia is not what they had in mind when they chose the Libyan route
The migrants aboard the ‘Aquarius’ are awaiting an uncertain future, having fled persecution, war and poverty
Decision to make 1,300-km journey with 629 people on board the migrant rescue vessel, some of whom need medical attention, follows a night of negotiations
An EL PAÍS correspondent reports from on board the ‘Aquarius,’ which has rescued hundreds of immigrants off the coast of Libya, but is yet to be granted permission to dock by Italy or Malta
Thousands of unaccompanied minors reach Europe every year, but those who end up on Spanish shores face bureaucratic hurdles and overcrowded centers once the system that took them in leaves them to fend for themselves
Immigrants are at the center of an intense political debate in Europe. EL PAÍS is starting a series of feature articles to understand this phenomenon. The newspaper will be following a group of soccer players from Alma de África, a sports initiative in Andalusia to help undocumented migrants settle in Spain
Javier Chércoles has set up systems to provide payments to victims of 2013's Rana Plaza disaster The Primark employee says multinationals must do more to protect those who make our clothes
Technology has made it easy to report human rights violations; military solutions have lost credit
English is now universally accepted as the language of trade, while French holds on to its position as the idiom of diplomacy. The Spanish-speaking nations seem reluctant to challenge the status quo, despite its growing presence, particularly in the United States