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 […]
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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
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.
Brazil Sees Only Pink and Blue
Posted: 23rd janeiro 2019 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: baby, Bolsonaro, boy, feminism, gender, gender-reveal party, girl, Hannah Gadsby, potato, prince, princess, sexism
The New York TimesJan. 16, 2019 by Vanessa Barbara SÃO PAULO, Brazil — “It’s a new era in Brazil: Boys wear blue and girls wear pink,” our new minister of women, family and human rights, Damares Alves, said this month in a video. And she didn’t stop there: Under the new government of President Jair […]
Putting Brazilians’ Health at Risk
Posted: 12th dezembro 2018 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: Cuba, H.I.V., health care, Jair Bolsonaro, Mais Médicos, SUS, transplants, vaccination
Our public health system is a jewel. Can it survive four years of recklessness?
Brazil Prepares to Elect a Hypocrite
Posted: 24th outubro 2018 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: Coiso, eleições, eleições 2018, Fernando Haddad, Jair Bolsonaro, Jonathan Haidt, moral foundations theory
Some Brazilian conservatives see the presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro as representative of everything they value. They should look closer. The New York Times Oct 24, 2018 by Vanessa Barbara Contributing Opinion Op-ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — For a liberal woman like me, it’s hard to understand why anyone would vote for a presidential candidate […]
The Strongman vs. the Prisoner vs. the Mountain Hermit
Posted: 2nd outubro 2018 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: Cabo Daciolo, Coiso, elections, Fernando Adauto, Fernando Haddad, Guilherme Boulos, Illuminati, Lula, presidential elections, Ursal
Brazilian presidential politics have spiraled into chaos. What’s a voter to do? The New York Times Oct 2., 2018 by Vanessa Barbara Contributing Opinion Op-ed Writer Leer en español SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Last month, just a few weeks before voting day, Cabo Daciolo announced a new strategy for the presidential elections here: He would spend 21 days […]
Hairy Baby? Better Get a C-section. Gingivitis? C-section. Scoliosis? C-section.
Posted: 28th agosto 2018 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: C-section, cesarian section, Cochrane, episiotomy, labor, Mabel, normal birth, obstetric violence, pregnancy
The New York Times Aug. 28, 2018 by Vanessa Barbara Contributing Opinion Op-ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — It takes determination to have a normal childbirth in Brazil, and I’m not talking about just getting through labor. My country has one of the highest rates of cesarean sections in the world: In 2015, they accounted […]
The Perils of Having a Brazilian World Cup Baby
Posted: 18th junho 2018 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: 1982 World Cup, 2018 World Cup, Canarinho Pistola, FIFA World Cup, Sócrates
The New York Times June 18, 2018 by Vanessa Barbara Contributing Opinion Op-ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Brazil becomes an odd place during the World Cup. People are given time off from work when the national team is playing, so that they can go home and blow horns for three hours straight. Media coverage […]
