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Brazil Editor · Joined 10 April 2013 · 111 posts

Journalist. MA in History. I was born in a crossing land in the southernmost state of Brazil and love to tell and get to know good stories.

@fercanofre

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Latest posts by Fernanda Canofre

Many deaths under Brazil’s military dictatorship were not politicized, says historian

Indigenous people, the LGBTQ+ population, Black people in urban areas and those living in rural areas were also impacted by human rights violations

Written by Fernanda Canofre

29 December 2024

‘I'm Still Here': The Brazilian story of forced disappearances by the military dictatorship

How to carry on when a loved one is taken one day and disappears forever?

Written by Fernanda Canofre

12 December 2024

Brazilians raise debate on reducing working hours through the ‘VAT movement’

A city councilor was elected in Rio de Janeiro after becoming known on TikTok for pushing a discussion on reducing working hours

Written by Fernanda Canofre

20 October 2024

‘The reality of women who need access to legal abortion in Brazil is one of banishment’

Debora Diniz, anthropologist and researcher, comments on the current scenario

Written by Fernanda Canofre

26 June 2024

Rains, destruction and deaths in the south of Brazil demand a new term to define a climate catastrophe

Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced in Rio Grande do Sul floods

Written by Fernanda Canofre

9 May 2024

The Indigenous Peoples Camp that calls for rights every April in Brazil

The Free Land Camp (ATL) celebrated its 20th anniversary in April

Written by Fernanda Canofre

4 May 2024

In Portugal, crowds in the streets celebrate democracy at the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution

In 1974, a military insurrection ended 48 years of dictatorship in the country

Written by Fernanda Canofre, Giovana Fleck

1 May 2024

How a Brazilian journalist working in Portugal faces online hate and sees the political context

Amanda Lima reports on migrants' lives amidst the rising climate of xenophobia

Written by Fernanda Canofre

26 February 2024

The femicide of Julieta Hernández, a Venezuelan migrant in Brazil, sparks outrage across South America

'Women deserve to travel alone, we deserve to live'

Written by Gabriela Mesones Rojo, Fernanda Canofre, Andrea Paola Hernandez

17 January 2024

Violence in Brazil’s schools: ‘No attacks were planned or conceived of offline’

Brazil has seen an increase in reported school attacks

Written by Fernanda Canofre Translated by Liam Anderson

5 December 2023

A campaign pushes for first Black woman justice in Brazil's Supreme Court

Many demand that president Lula make a historical choice

Written by Fernanda Canofre

15 October 2023

‘Indigenous languages are asleep, not extinct,’ says Kokama linguistics researcher

Altaci Rubim, from the Kokama people, works to revitalize Indigenous language

Written by Amazônia Real Translated by Fernanda Canofre

26 July 2023

Brazilian President Lula's endorsement of Maduro's regime sparks strong reactions among Brazilians and Venezuelans

Lula said Venezuela being under a dictatorship is a “narrative that has been constructed”

Written by Melissa Vida, Fernanda Canofre, Gabriela Mesones Rojo

2 June 2023

A silent march in Uruguay keeps asking: ‘Where are our disappeared loved ones from the dictatorship?’

Since 1996, the March of Silence demands truth and justice every May

Written by Fernanda Canofre

31 May 2023

‘Values, lifetime fights can be lost. Democracy is at risk,’ says Brazilian writer Itamar Vieira Jr

Vieira is the author of best-selling Brazilian novel "Torto Arado" (Crooked Plow)

Written by Fernanda Canofre

3 November 2022

More guns, fewer control mechanisms: Brazilian journalist analyzes Bolsonaro’s gun policy

To Cecilia Olliveira, the problem is not one to be solved with elections or in one government

Written by Fernanda Canofre

23 October 2022

Two abortion controversies expose the hypocrisy of ‘pro-life’ defenders in Brazil

Abortion is allowed in Brazil only in three exceptional cases

Written by Fernanda Canofre

26 July 2022

Brazilian Indigenous group Univaja demands probe into murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

The British journalist and Indigenous communities expert were investigating invasions into Indigenous territory

Written by Fernanda Canofre

21 June 2022

On Timor-Leste's 20th independence anniversary, former president Ramos-Horta makes a comeback

The Nobel Prize winner defeated current president Lu Olo

Written by Fernanda Canofre, Dércio Tsandzana

26 April 2022

Not just ‘Jingle Bells:’ Listen to these Christmas songs from Latin America

Some are for dancing, others for reminiscing, and others include political demands

Written by Melissa Vida, Lully, Belen Febres, Fabiola Gutiérrez, Gabriela Mesones Rojo, Fernanda Canofre, Luis Rodriguez, Kelly Chaib De Mares, Aza Delgado Orduño, Talita Fernandes Translated by Melissa Vida

22 December 2021

2020: The year of feminist struggles and political resistance in Latin America

Activism did not disappear during quarantine

Written by Eddie Galdamez, Lully, Romina Navarro, Belen Febres, Carlos E. Flores, Fabiola Gutiérrez, Anette Eklund, Gabriela Mesones Rojo, Juan Manuel Montoro, Joel Herrera, Jermani Ojeda, Janine Mendes Franco, Emma Lewis, Fernanda Canofre, Ricardo Diaz Translated by Clara G

3 January 2021

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