The New York Times October 19th, 2016 by Vanessa Barbara Contributing Op-Ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — When I cover a street protest in Brazil, I make sure to bring a helmet, a gas mask and a pair of goggles as protection from tear gas. I wear running shoes so I can escape from the […]
Arquivo de ‘Artigos’
The Terrifying Impunity of Brazil’s Riot Police
Posted: 19th outubro 2016 by Vanessa Barbara in New York Times, ReportagensTags: Goofy key chain, military police, protests
I criticized the Olympics. That doesn’t make me a traitor
Posted: 21st agosto 2016 by Vanessa Barbara in New York Times, ReportagensTags: Olympics, Rio 2016
The New York Times August 21st, 2016 by Vanessa Barbara Contributing Op-Ed Writer RIO DE JANEIRO — I thought of beginning this column by praising Brazil’s friendly and open-minded people, the natural beauty of our landscape and the supreme delight that are Globo biscuits. But perhaps sarcasm isn’t the best response to those who blame me […]
Brazil’s Olympic Catastrophe
Posted: 3rd julho 2016 by Vanessa Barbara in New York Times, ReportagensTags: Olympics, Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro
The New York Times July 1st, 2016 by Vanessa Barbara Contributing Op-Ed Writer RIO DE JANEIRO — IT’S official: The Olympic Games in Rio are an unnatural disaster. On June 17, fewer than 50 days before the start of the Games, the state of Rio de Janeiro declared a “state of public calamity.” A financial crisis is […]
In Brazil, a New Nostalgia for Military Dictatorship
Posted: 2nd maio 2016 by Vanessa Barbara in New York TimesTags: Brazil, Brilhante Ustra, censorship, Jair Bolsonaro, military dictatorship, military rule, repression, torture
The New York Times May 1st, 2016 by Vanessa Barbara Contributing Op-Ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — “They lost in 1964, and now they have lost in 2016,” Jair Bolsonaro, a conservative congressman, said during the April 17 session when the lower house voted to move ahead with the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff. With these words […]
Banging Pots and Beating Dogs in a Polarized Brazil
Posted: 27th março 2016 by Vanessa Barbara in New York Times, ReportagensTags: anacoluto, Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, political crisis
The New York Times March 26, 2016 by Vanessa Barbara Contributing Op-Ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — If you’re in Brazil these days, you shouldn’t wear red. Or grow a beard. In the current political climate, you’ll risk being tagged as a Communist and a supporter of the leftist Workers Party. You could be bullied […]
Long sleeves and bug spray in São Paulo
Posted: 20th fevereiro 2016 by Vanessa Barbara in New York Times, ReportagensTags: 2016 Olympic Games, Aedes aegypti, chikungunya, dengue fever, insect repellent, mycrocephaly, Rio, Zika virus
The International New York Times February 18, 2016 by Vanessa Barbara Contributing Op-Ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Last December, I suddenly found myself in possession of two bottles of the most precious liquid in town: Exposis Extrême, an extra-strong insect repellent. It’s deemed the best protection against the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits dengue, […]
Brazil’s Toxic Sludge
Posted: 18th dezembro 2015 by Vanessa Barbara in New York Times, ReportagensTags: Bento Rodrigues, BHP Billiton, Doce river, environment, Mariana, Minas Gerais, mud, Samarco, tailings dam, Vale
The New York Times Dec. 17, 2015 by Vanessa Barbara Contributing Op-Ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — JUST after 4 p.m. on Nov. 5, the principal’s husband ran into the school in the village of Bento Rodrigues, in southeastern Brazil, yelling that the nearby dam had burst and everybody needed to get out of the […]
Escaping Reality With Brazil’s Globo TV
Posted: 10th novembro 2015 by Vanessa Barbara in New York Times, ReportagensTags: apathetic lion, soap operas, TV Globo
The International New York Times November 11, 2015 by Vanessa Barbara Contributing Op-Ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Last year, The Economist published an article about TV Globo, Brazil’s largest broadcast network. It reported that “91 million people, just under half the population, tune in to it each day: The sort of audience that, in […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
