Brazil's most prolific alleged spiritual healer is now its most prolific convicted rapist, and the woman who made him famous on prime-time television has barely said a word about it since. João Teixeira de Faria, the self-proclaimed medium who built…[Continue Reading...]
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil’s Federal Police (PF) on Monday disbanded a criminal ring that was disguised as a religious sect to swindle members millions in donations and force them into slavery. Dubbed “Return to Canaan”, the early morning operation…[Continue Reading...]
Few places on earth are immune to the explosion of anti-vaccination conspiracy theories and health disinformation fuelled by the COVID pandemic. But in countries like Brazil, where the disinformation flowed from the very top of government, the problem is even…[Continue Reading...]
SÃO PAULO – An unprecedented new compendium of child abuse cases in the Brazilian Catholic Church has found that 108 members of the clergy victimized 148 children and teenagers since 2000. The authors, however, claim those totals are only the…[Continue Reading...]
In the heart of the Amazon, where Peru, Brazil and Colombia meet, members of a quirky religious mashup of evangelical Protestantism and Incan rites await the end times in their remote "Promised Land." Members of the Israelites of the New…[Continue Reading...]
Around 2010, Lola Aronovich started receiving threats from men who frequented “masculinist forums” — openly misogynist online groups — that she actively monitored. But the Argentine-Brazilian feminist blogger never imagined her experiences would place her on the front lines of…[Continue Reading...]
In September 2022, 31-year-old artist Mirela Cabral along with two other women filed a complaint against the Brazilian artist Rubens Espirito Santo, 53, who created the Conglomerado Atelier do Centro (CAC) over 20 years ago. What started as an informal…[Continue Reading...]
The world watched in disbelief this month as far-right activists trashed major government buildings and threatened to attack key infrastructure, including roads and airports in Brazil. Now, as concerns grow over the possibility of new riots occurring in the coming…[Continue Reading...]
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