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/Lula and Chico Buarque sign letter to NYT against US embargo on Cuba – 07/22/2021 – World Lula and Chico Buarque sign letter to NYT against US embargo on Cuba – 07/22/2021 – World ksuadminJuly 22, 2021 More than 440 activists, politicians, artists and intellectuals from different countries have signed a public letter addressed to the government of President Joe Biden, which will be published in the American newspaper New York Times this Friday (23). The document criticizes the trade and economic embargo that the United States has imposed on Cuba for more than six decades. Posted as a...

URL copied to clipboard Monica Benicio has made headlines countless times since the murder of her partner Marielle Franco in March 2018. The killing of Franco, a Rio de Janeiro councillor who was Black, openly gay and outspoken in her criticism of the police, sparked protests across Brazil. Instead of getting married, as the couple had planned, Benicio has spent the past three years campaigning for justice. Her face, raised fist, and the T-shirt she wears inscribed “Fight like Marielle Franco” have become enduring images. In November, Benicio, an architect by profession, was elected t...

The OU Center for Brazil Studies is virtually hosting its annual symposium which will cover environmental, human rights and democracy issues in Brazil.