Mar 16, 2018 | Brazil, Climate Justice, Featured, Indigenous Peoples, Latin America, Political Repression & Murder, Social Media News, Videos
Excerpted from TeleSURTV.net Prominent human rights advocate and councilwoman Marielle Franco was fatally shot while in her car by unknown assailants. Prominent Brazilian human rights activist and councilwoman Marielle Franco was assassinated in Rio de...
Dec 6, 2016 | all other, Brazil, Featured, Protests & Resistance, Social Media News, UN Climate COPs, Uncategorized
Originally published at RioOnWatch.org: Protests erupted outside Brazil’s Congress in Brasília as the Senate approved a proposal to amend the constitution that would authorize the implementation of harsh austerity measures last week. If passed, the proposal put...