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 […]
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I Took Ketamine for My Depression. Things Got Pretty Weird.
Posted: 29th dezembro 2021 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: antidepressants, anxiety, depression, evil clowns, Jair Bolsonaro, ketamine, mental health, psilocybin, psychedelics, psychiatry, psychotropic
We Knew Bolsonaro Was Guilty. Now We Have 1,288 Pages of Proof.
Posted: 29th outubro 2021 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: coronavirus, covid-19, crimes against humanity, inquiry, International Criminal Court, Jair Bolsonaro, Pedro Hallal, Senate
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, […]
Bolsonaro Is Getting Desperate, and It’s Clear What He Wants
Posted: 16th setembro 2021 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: Arthur Lira, Centrão, elections, impeachment, Jair Bolsonaro, Supreme Court
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 […]
Bolsonaro May Not Actually Succeed in Destroying Us All
Posted: 12th agosto 2021 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: AstraZeneca, coronavirus, Covax, covid-19, Jair Bolsonaro, Lula, Pfizer, vaccination, vaccine hesitancy
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 […]
Miracle Cures and Magnetic People. Brazil’s Fake News Is Utterly Bizarre.
Posted: 8th julho 2021 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: coronavirus, covid-19, fake news, hydroxychloroquine, Jair Bolsonaro, vaccination
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 Unveiling of Bolsonaro’s Supervillain Plot Is Weirdly Gripping
Posted: 29th maio 2021 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: coronavirus, covid-19, herd immunity, inquiry, Jair Bolsonaro, Pfizer, vaccination, vaccines
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 […]
My Daughter and I Are Trapped in Brazil’s Tragedy
Posted: 24th abril 2021 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: ambulances, coronavirus, covid-19, Jair Bolsonaro
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, […]
Brazil Is Brilliant at Vaccinations. So What Went Wrong This Time?
Posted: 7th março 2021 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: coronavirus, covid-19, Jair Bolsonaro, Joe Droplet, SUS, vaccination, vaccines
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 […]
I Can’t Believe I Need to Say This, but We Need Schools More Than Bars
Posted: 27th janeiro 2021 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: coronavirus, covid-19, education, Jair Bolsonaro, schools
What we’re facing in Brazil is an educational catastrophe The New York TimesJan. 25, 2021 by Vanessa BarbaraContributing Opinion Op-ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — For almost 10 months now, around 35 million Brazilian children have been out of school. When schools were closed in March, at the beginning of the pandemic, I thought we only had […]
Trump Lost. Bolsonaro Can’t Get Over It.
Posted: 11th dezembro 2020 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: Donald Trump, elections, Jair Bolsonaro
Brazil’s president is in denial The New York TimesDec. 8, 2020 by Vanessa BarbaraContributing Opinion Op-ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — My country’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, has still not recognized Joe Biden as the winner of America’s presidential election. In his silence, he stands alongside other world leaders such as President Vladimir Putin of Russia, […]
