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 […]
Arquivo de ‘Artigos’
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
Vegetarianism, Resistance, and the Amazon—How One Brazilian Journalist Is Fighting Climate Change
Posted: 3rd fevereiro 2020 by Vanessa Barbara in ArtigosTags: Amazon, climate change, Jair Bolsonaro, vegetarianism
Vogue | Up FrontJan. 2020 by Vanessa Barbara IT WAS A MONDAY AFTERNOON when day turned into night in the city of São Paulo. I was visiting an expensive nursery school for my 13-month-old daughter, trying to look remotely worthy of such a sophisticated institution. Although it was not supposed to rain that day, the […]
A Feminist Performance Goes Global
Posted: 30th janeiro 2020 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: abortion, Brazil, Chile, feminism, Global Gender Gap Report, Latin America, patriarchy, political power, Rita Segato, sexual abuse, Turkey, Un violador en tu camino
Women in Chile, Brazil, Argentina and elsewhere know: Stopping violence against women starts with politics and power. The New York TimesJan. 29, 2020 by Vanessa BarbaraContributing Opinion Op-ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — During the jury selection process for Harvey Weinstein’s criminal trial this month, dozens of women gathered outside a Manhattan courthouse to perform […]
Why Are Brazilian Streets So Calm?
Posted: 29th dezembro 2019 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: Amazon, Chile, Colombia, corruption, Ecuador, indigenous people, Jair Bolsonaro, Latin America, Leonardo DiCaprio, pension reform, pesticides, protests
The rest of Latin America is on fire. Why is its largest country still so quiet? The New York TimesDec. 26, 2019 by Vanessa BarbaraContributing Opinion Op-ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — This year has been marked by widespread social convulsion in Latin America. Since mid-October, Chileans have been in the streets; what started as […]
Early to Bed, Early to Rise Makes Me Exhausted, Depressed and Sick
Posted: 30th outubro 2019 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: breakfast, checkout time, chronobiology, circadian rhythm, delayed-sleep phase syndrome, DSPS, genetics, lunch, melatonin, self-acceptance, sleep, sleep disorder, sleep hygiene, sleep pressure
What it’s like living with a chronic circadian rhythm problem The New York TimesOct. 28, 2019 by Vanessa BarbaraContributing Opinion Op-ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — It’s hard to feel normal when you wake up at 4 p.m. every day. No, I’m not a nurse who works the evening shift. No, I’m not the hard-partying […]
The Ravaging of Amazonia
Posted: 29th agosto 2019 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: Amazon, Amazônia, awe, Claude Lévi-Strauss, environment, fires, global warming, INPE, Jair Bolsonaro, rainforest, Ricardo Galvão, Ricardo Salles
A global treasure lies at the mercy of the smallest, dullest, pettiest of men. The New York TimesAug. 24, 2019 By Vanessa BarbaraContributing Opinion Op-ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — When I first set foot in the Amazon rain forest, in the Anavilhanas Archipelago, northwest of the city of Manaus, I experienced something that can only […]
Where Do You Turn When the Anti-Corruption Crusaders Are Dirty?
Posted: 11th julho 2019 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: Criminal Procedure Code, Deltan Dallagnol, Jair Bolsonaro, Lava Jato, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Lula, OAB, Operation Car Wash, Sergio Moro, The Intercept Brasil
Brazil’s Operation Car Wash was supposed to overthrow the country’s culture of graft. Instead, it’s brought corruption into the heart of the state. The New York TimesJul. 5, 2019 by Vanessa BarbaraContributing Opinion Op-ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — On the surface, “Operation Car Wash” has been a virtuous crusade against political corruption in this […]
Who Needs the Humanities When You Have Jair Bolsonaro?
Posted: 13th junho 2019 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: education, Jair Bolsonaro
Brazil’s education system is being strangled by a president who doesn’t believe in learning The New York TimesJun. 12, 2019 by Vanessa BarbaraContributing Opinion Op-ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — According to President Jair Bolsonaro, Brazilian education leaves a lot to be desired. “Everything is going increasingly downhill,” he said last month, to journalists during […]
The Rise of the Milícia State
Posted: 12th abril 2019 by Vanessa Barbara in New York TimesTags: death squads, Élcio Vieira de Queiroz, Escritório do Crime, feminismo, Flávio Bolsonaro, human rights, Jair Bolsonaro, Marielle Franco, milicias, Polícia Civil, Polícia Federal, Polícia Militar, racismo, Rio de Janeiro, Ronnie Lessa
Just how deep do the connections between Brazil’s paramilitary “death squads” and the government run?
An Epidemic of Obstetric Violence
Posted: 13th março 2019 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: abuse, Adelir de Goes, autonomy, C-section, cesarean section, CFM, childbirth, Cremerj, episiotomy, feminism, husband stitch, labor, Latin America, mistreatment, obstetric violence, obstetrics, patriarchy, pregnancy, women, World Health Organization
How the region became home to an epidemic of obstetric violence.
