Arquivo de ‘Artigos’

Bolsonaro has yet to condemn Putin for invading Ukraine. For the Brazilian leader, there’s no such thing as unwelcome support The Brazilian ReportMar 20, 2022 by Vanessa Barbara One week before the invasion of Ukraine, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro paid a visit to Vladimir Putin. The alleged purpose of the meeting was to strengthen bilateral […]

The New York TimesFeb 7, 2022 by Vanessa BarbaraContributing Opinion Writer Ler em português SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Every day, I have the same wish: that my 3½-year-old daughter can get her Covid-19 vaccine. Last year she seemed to be constantly sick. She was often feverish and coughing, or her nose was runny and her […]

I became an elephant, an octopus, a balloon. I grew giant hands. But I couldn’t shake my sadness. The New York TimesDec. 26, 2021 by Vanessa BarbaraContributing Opinion Writer Ler em português | Leer en español JUIZ DE FORA, Brazil — My first encounter with ketamine did not go well. A lifelong depressive — I […]

The Brazilian president’s catastrophic leadership has been painstakingly laid bare The New York TimesOct. 28, 2021 by Vanessa BarbaraContributing Opinion Writer Ler em português SÃO PAULO, Brazil — If my country had managed just an average response to the pandemic, over 400,000 Brazilians would still be alive. That’s the stark conclusion of the epidemiologist Pedro Hallal, […]

His totalitarian aims are now unmistakable. The New York TimesSep. 15, 2021 by Vanessa BarbaraContributing Opinion Writer Ler em português SÃO PAULO, Brazil — For weeks, President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil has been urging his supporters to take to the streets. So on Sept. 7, Brazil’s Independence Day, I was half expecting to see mobs […]

The New York TimesAug. 9, 2021 by Vanessa BarbaraContributing Opinion Writer Ler em português | Leer en español SÃO PAULO, Brazil — I don’t know if it’s because I finally got my first Covid shot — maybe hope is a side effect of the AstraZeneca vaccine — but for the first time in this long […]

The New York TimesJuly 5, 2021 by Vanessa BarbaraContributing Opinion Writer Ler em português | Leer en español SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Hydroxychloroquine is not effective against Covid-19. No. Definitely not. But Brazilians still aren’t sure. After all, just the other day a friend’s cousin forwarded a headline on WhatsApp claiming that all I.C.U. beds in the city of Miracatu […]

The New York TimesMay 27, 2021 by Vanessa BarbaraContributing Opinion Writer Leer en español SÃO PAULO, Brazil — It’s not often that a congressional inquiry can lift your spirits. But the Brazilian Senate’s investigation into the government’s management of the pandemic, which began on April 27 and has riveted my attention for weeks, does just […]

We spend our days watching ambulances, as Covid-19 rips through the country. Ler em português |  Read in English The New York Times19 de abril de 2021 by Vanessa BarbaraContributing Opinion Op-ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — From the balcony of my apartment, I can see an ambulance parking lot. For over a year now, […]

It’s not hard to work out who to blame for the country’s disastrous vaccine rollout. The New York TimesFeb. 28, 2021 by Vanessa BarbaraContributing Opinion Op-ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — When it comes to Covid-19 vaccination programs, there are some countries that have exceeded expectations and others that have fallen surprisingly short. And then […]