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Get to Know a Brazilian – João Cândido Felisberto
This post also appears at Lawyers, Guns & Money João Cândido Felisberto remains one of the more overlooked figures in one of the more overlooked periods of Brazilian history. However, his life offers much insight into the transitional nature of … Continue reading
Posted in "Modernity", Brazil, Get to Know a Brazilian, Latin American History, Latin American Militaries, Race in Brazil, Race in the Americas, Weapons and Arms in Latin America
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Gun Violence in Brazil
A (tragic) parable: A report on violence in Brazil says around 42,000 people were shot dead in 2012 – the highest figures for gun crime in 35 years. The study, by the UN and the government on the most recent … Continue reading
Posted in Argentina, Brazil, El Salvador, Latin America, Violence in the Americas, Weapons and Arms in Latin America
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Around Latin America
-Marking the first major protest of the year, over 100,000 Chilean students took to the streets to continue to push for educational reform, an issue that has garnered much support and been a consistent problem for conservative president Sebastian Pinera. … Continue reading
Posted in Alberto Fujimori, Argentina, Augusto Pinochet, Border Issues, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Corruption, Cuba, Educational Reforms, Elections in Latin America, Environmental Issues in the Americas, Evangelicals in Latin America, Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionárias de Colombia (FARC), Gender and Sexuality, Guatemala, Haiti, Human Rights Violations, Immigration, Indigenous Peoples, Latin American Foreign Relations, Latin American Politics, LGBT Rights & Issues, Multinational Corporations in the Americas, Paraguay, Peru, Police in the Americas, Police Violence, Prisoners' Rights, Protests in Latin America, Rio de Janeiro, United States, Uruguay, Violence in the Americas, Weapons and Arms in Latin America
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On Gun Control and Murder Rates in Brazil
Brazil’s Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Institute of Applied Economic Research; IPEA) recently published a report that investigated the diffusion of guns in Brazil and their ties to violence. Among its findings? That the more diffuse the presence of firearms in … Continue reading
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Around Latin America
-While many in the Americas celebrated the announcement of the first American pope last year, not all citizens (including Catholic clergy) in Francis I’s home country are pleased with Bergoglio or the Catholic hierarchy in Argentina. -It appears the long national … Continue reading
Posted in "Baby Doc" Duvalier, Argentina, Argentina's Military Dictatorship (1976-1983), Around Latin America, Brazil, Brazil's Military Dictatorship, Catholicism in the Americas, Chile, Cuba, Deaths, Democracy in the Americas, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, El Salvador's Civil War (1980-1992), Evangelicals in Latin America, Governance in Latin America, Guyana, Haiti, Human Rights Issues, Human Rights Violations, Indigenous Peoples, International Organizations, Latin America, Neoliberalism, Rafael Trujillo, Truth Commissions, Venezuela, Violence in the Americas, Weapons and Arms in Latin America, Women's Movements & Issues
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Around Latin America
-Brazil and Russia reached an agreement on arms and technology exchanges between the two countries while also discussing nuclear power. Talks between Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev and President Dilma Rousseff led to the sale of surface-to-air missiles to Brazil as well … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 World Cup, Around Latin America, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Honduras, International Relations, Latin American Militaries, Legal Issues in Latin America, LGBT Rights & Issues, Peru, Peru's Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path), Poverty, Puerto Rico, Sports in Latin America, The "Disappeared", The Malvinas War, Violence in the Americas, War in Latin America, Weapons and Arms in Latin America
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