The International New York Times September 28, 2015 by Vanessa Barbara Contributing Op-Ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — It felt as if a woodpecker had mistaken my head for a tree, and was tapping frantically at the area above the temple. Or maybe as if a tiny soldier were firing a tiny machine gun at […]
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A woodpecker to fix my brain
Posted: 28th setembro 2015 by Vanessa Barbara in New York Times, ReportagensTags: depression, Gipsy Kings, psychiatry, psychotropic, TMS, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Brazil’s Vigilante Lynchings
Posted: 14th agosto 2015 by Vanessa Barbara in New York Times, ReportagensTags: José de Souza Martins, law-abiding citizens, lynchings, sociology
The International New York Times August 14, 2015 by Vanessa Barbara Contributing Op-Ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Last month, a man was beaten to death by a mob after being accused of trying to rob a bar in São Luís do Maranhão, in northern Brazil. The man, Cleidenilson Pereira da Silva, was stripped naked […]
Another defeat for Brazil’s kids
Posted: 26th junho 2015 by Vanessa Barbara in New York Times, ReportagensTags: Geraldo Alckmin, strike, teachers
The International New York Times June 26, 2015 by Vanessa Barbara Contributing Op-Ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — This month, public school teachers from the state of São Paulo announced the end of their three-month-long strike — without any of their demands having been met. For the first time since it began, the strike reached […]
A Very Suspicious Traveler
Posted: 18th maio 2015 by Vanessa Barbara in New York Times, ReportagensTags: Passport control, travel
The New York Times May 17th, 2015 by Vanessa Barbara Contributing Op-Ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — I DON’T know if I’ll ever be comfortable with the silence that comes after I’ve handed my papers to the passport control officer. In that moment, I instantly recall all my faults and sins from my childhood, including […]
10 Days of Dengue Fever
Posted: 4th maio 2015 by Vanessa Barbara in New York Times, ReportagensTags: dengue fever, Dr. Google, electric mosquito swatters
The International New York Times May 1, 2015 by Vanessa Barbara Contributing Op-Ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — In March, I spent 10 days in bed, mostly moaning and eating large quantities of pears — the only food I found remotely appetizing. I was one of the roughly 500,000 Brazilians infected with dengue fever in […]
In denial over racism in Brazil
Posted: 24th março 2015 by Vanessa Barbara in New York Times, ReportagensTags: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Luiz Roberto Lima, racial democracy, racism
The International New York Times Mar. 23, 2015 by Vanessa Barbara Contributing Op-Ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — One Friday night last month, the electricity was off in the streets of Palmeirinha, a favela in Rio de Janeiro. Three black teenagers were joking around in front of their houses. One of them started to run […]
Brazil, the outlaw’s paradise
Posted: 10th fevereiro 2015 by Vanessa Barbara in New York Times, ReportagensTags: Brazil, Hollywood, outlaws, Rio de Janeiro
The International New York Times Feb. 5, 2015 by Vanessa Barbara Contributing Op-Ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — A long-established piece of wisdom in Hollywood says that if you have robbed a bank or sold war secrets to the enemy, or even if you’ve just embezzled some company funds, then you should pack your stuff […]
The Dazzle of the Southern Sky
Posted: 29th dezembro 2014 by Vanessa Barbara in New York Times, ReportagensTags: astronomy, Bart Bok, Neville H. Fletcher, Northern hemisphere, Southern hemisphere
Stargazing is better on the Southern Hemisphere The New York Times 28 December 2014 by Vanessa Barbara Contributing op-ed writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — EARLIER this year, I visited Fernando de Noronha, an island off the northeastern coast of Brazil, only four degrees south of the Equator. When I was walking to a restaurant, […]
Brazil’s Red-Scare nostalgia
Posted: 3rd dezembro 2014 by Vanessa Barbara in New York Times, ReportagensTags: Dilma Rousseff, impeachment, military dictatorship, mortadella, right wing
The International New York Times Dec 4th, 2014 by Vanessa Barbara Contributing Op-Ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Last month, more than 142,000 Brazilians signed a petition on the White House website. They asked President Obama to take a stand against the “Bolivarian Communist expansion in Brazil promoted by the administration of Dilma Rousseff.” She […]
Hamburger Face for Congress
Posted: 31st outubro 2014 by Vanessa Barbara in New York Times, ReportagensTags: Aécio Neves, Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, elections, Hamburger Face
The International New York Times Oct 31, 2014 by Vanessa Barbara Contributing Op-Ed Writer São Paulo, Brazil — It was a typical election in Brazil. Jesus and Osama bin Laden were running for Congress, as well as Barack Obama, Bob Marley, Santa Claus and Battman (with two Ts). The self-styled “Hamburger Face” unfortunately wasn’t elected, […]
