Brazil

Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Report October 9, 2026
09 Oct 2026
In this week’s segment, we discuss student protests by Black and brown youth in France against austerity measures and race-based inequality in the education system. But we begin with a discussion of…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Lula vs. Bolsonaro in Brazil's Presidential Election
09 Oct 2026
Brazil's incumbent president Lula da Silva finished second behind Flavio Bolsonaro in the first round of the presidential election. Because neither man received at least 51% of the vote, a run-off…
Darius Edgerton
Keep Those Dirty Gringo Paws Off Brazil!
08 Apr 2026
It’s up to Americans to stop the Trump administration from using U.S. power to strong‑arm Brazil and interfere in their elections.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio November 21, 2025
21 Nov 2025
In this week’s segment, we discuss a march to support Mumia Abu Jamal and all political and elder prisoners. But first, we hear about the latest climate change conference, COP30, and the limits of…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
COP30 and the Failure of the Climate Conference Process
21 Nov 2025
The latest United Nations climate change conference, COP30, recently took place in Belem, Brazil. A people’s counter summit was also held, attended by indigenous Brazilians, Afro-Descendants, and…
Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright , Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
COPing Out In Brazil: How The United Nations Reduces its Legitimacy More Than Global Emissions
19 Nov 2025
Despite being held in Brazil, a nation with the largest Black population outside of the African continent, COP30 has continued a thirty-year pattern of sidelining the specific climate threats to Afro…
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
INTERVIEW: Blacks in Brazil: An Interview with Lélia Gonzalez, 1980
05 Nov 2025
“Black Brazilians have been suffering … since the establishment of slavery more than 400 years ago.”
Adele Robichez , José Eduardo Bernardes , Larissa Bohrer
Brazilian Lawmaker From the Landless Rural Workers’ Movement Demands Investigation of “Planned Massacre” That Left 121 Dead
05 Nov 2025
The lawmaker states that Governor Cláudio Castro’s operation was “a massacre carried out in secret” and calls for an independent forensic investigation.
Jon Jeter
How Charlie Kirk’s Murder Exposes Free Speech as a Tool for American Exceptionalism
17 Sep 2025
The assassination of a far-right demagogue raises the question: when does 'free speech' become a tool for inciting violence? Nations like South Africa and Brazil have decided that some speech is not…
R.E. Wilson
Bolsonaro and Brazil at the Edge
17 Sep 2025
Bolsonaro’s conviction is not a victory for democracy but a revelation of its fragility. It exposes a military that remains the armed wing of the ruling class and a fascist project dedicated to…