This running series of brief dispatches by New York Review writers will document the coronavirus outbreak with regular updates from around the world. —The Editors The New York Review of Books (Daily)by Vanessa BarbaraMarch 20, 2020 SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL—Over the last week, a powerful virus has been circulating among the toddlers in my daughter’s public nursery school. […]
Archive for março, 2020
Pandemic Journal: São Paulo
Posted: 23rd março 2020 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York Review of BooksTags: coronavirus, H1N1, Influenza B, pandemic, quarantine
Itaú CulturalBrechas Urbanas, mar. 2020 por Vanessa Barbara Eram 4 da manhã de uma sexta-feira, mais ou menos um ano atrás. Eu estava (invariavelmente) ninando o bebê na varanda do meu apartamento, no 14o andar, tentando não colapsar de sono e de tédio. Então vejo um motociclista passar velozmente pela rua de cima. Ele dá meia-volta, […]
Brazilian Police Are on a Rampage
Posted: 18th março 2020 by Vanessa Barbara in New York TimesTags: esculacho, favelas, Maré Vive, police, police brutality, Raull Santiago, Rio de Janeiro
Security forces have always been unaccountable for their actions in the favelas. But under Bolsonaro, things have gotten even worse. The New York TimesMar. 16, 2020 by Vanessa BarbaraContributing Opinion Op-ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — It was around 5 a.m. on an average Tuesday. I was sitting on the sofa eating toast when I received […]
