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now, her sister was a local politician and anti—racism activist, murdered five years ago. so, has that personal tragedy given her unstoppable political motivation? anielle franco, in brasilia, welcome to hardtalk. its my pleasure to be here, and thanks for the invitation. well, it is great to have you on the show. let me ask you — when president lula offered you this very high—profile position in his government of minister of racial equality, did you have to think hard before acc...

position in his government of minister of racial equality, did you have to think hard before accepting it? well, yes, because its a position where we have to attend 58% of the population and we have a majority of black population in brazil. but even though we have that number, we have a lot of emergencies and problems and issues that we need to take care very carefully. even though i voted for lula since my first election, i was very happy but, at the same time, i had a conversation wi...

and thanks for the invitation. well, it is great to have you on the show. let me ask you — when president lula offered you this very high—profile position in his government of minister of racial equality, did you have to think hard before accepting it? well, yes, because its a position where we have to attend 58% of the population and we have a majority of black population in brazil. but even though we have that number, we have a lot of emergencies and problems and issues that we n...

One of the major blocs in the Brazilian Congress has been waging a war against social movements that promote the occupation of lands in the South American country.

A total of 112 or 42% of returned members are described as agriculturists, a polite euphemism for feudalism

The “what” of this program is socialist and the “how” is revolutionary, arguing for the elevation of working people as a new ruling class dedicated to the end…

Folks, Greetings from the house of my old college host family in Rio de Janeiro, where I have spent the last two and half weeks on vacation to celebrate some good news that...

Folks,  Last week, I visited a Frida Kalho exhibit in a museum located inside the historic Fort Copacabana, a symbolic military installation that was once a coastal defense but...

I have a president who is very human, who wants to take care of black people from the slums, who goes in the slums with me and many other people and go inside the favelas and say, "we are here to put the poor people inside "our financial issues", because to do politics, you need money. right. minister, you say... its no good to think about politics without having money. right... so, thats what i think is radical, you know? yeah, minister. sorry to interrupt, minister, but i do want to ask you a ...

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