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Brazil Tear-Gassed Poor People on Land an Oil Company Wasn’t Even Using
A pre-dawn raid evicted Rio de Janeiro’s poorest from abandoned land in the middle of a raging pandemic.
They Lost Everything in the Pandemic. Now They’re Taking on an Oil Giant, and Winning
Hundreds of families displaced by COVID have found a new home on abandoned land owned by Brazil’s state-run oil company, Petrobras in Rio. They just won the right to stay, for now.
‘It Was Total Barbarism’: Leaked Autopsy Shows Black Favela Residents Likely Executed by Police
Leaked autopsy results suggest that some of the victims were executed. The police claim the victims were killed in gunfights, and have sealed its own documentation on the raid.
How a Fire Changed the World’s Largest Wetland
Brazil's tropical Pantanal region is home to a huge concentration of wildlife.
Witnesses to Brazil’s Deadliest Police Raid Are Being Threatened to Stay Silent
A raid on May 6 killed 27 young residents, and an investigation is underway. But witnesses and human rights advocates claim the incident was a “massacre.”
Rio's Deadliest Police Raid on Record Kills 24
“This wasn’t a police operation. It was an execution. A slaughter. The police came here to kill,” one resident told VICE World News.
Russia Is Bragging About Its Sputnik COVID Vaccine With Phony Data
After Brazil refused to import the vaccine, Sputnik V's disinformation machine revved into high gear.
Police Raids in Rio's Favelas Were Banned — But Now They're Back and Deadlier Than Ever
Despite a life-saving Supreme Court ban on police operations in favelas, deadly raids in these poor neighbourhoods are back and on the rise.
Here’s Where That Weird ‘Jesus Fights Coronavirus’ Animation Came From
For some reason, Batman, the Hulk, and Superman are also involved.
Canada’s Most Famous Ski Resort Epicentre of P1 Variant Outbreak
The variant of concern is more than two times more contagious, deadlier, and can reinfect people who are presumably immune.
Drug Dealers Turned Evangelicals Are ‘Saving’ Criminals — and It’s Working
Drug dealers turned evangelical pastors save souls and lead organized conversion circuits to rescue others in the crime world
Brazil’s COVID Response is Becoming a Global Liability
Experts say the Latin American giant has created the perfect environment for the virus to adapt.