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‘I’m Still Here’ masterfully peels back the layers of suffering

Winner of the Academy Award for Best International Feature, Walter Salles's film about a Brazilian family in the Cold War era shows how the enduring pain of forced disappearances affects the present

Samer Abou Hawwach 24, Mar 2025

Installation view of the ‘Brasil! Brasil! The Birth of Modernism' exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, London shows Djanira, Three Orishas, 1966, Collection of the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo.

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London art exhibit sets Brazil as the birthplace of modernism

The Royal Academy of Arts exhibition in London chronicles Brazil's pioneering role in the modernist art movement from 1910 to 1980, featuring over 130 paintings by ten artists

Farouk Yousif 19, Mar 2025

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Brazilian writer Leonardo Garzaro on names and identity

The author and journalist's latest well-researched book, 'The Guardian of Names', explores the power and impact of naming. He speaks to Al Majalla about the creative process and his influences.

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 08, Feb 2025

Al Majalla interviews one of Brazil’s greatest writers, Adriana Lisboa, who discusses her 25-year career of published novels, short stories, poetry and books for children and where she finds her inspiration.

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Adriana Lisboa: There aren't 'great stories' but great ways to tell them

Al Majalla interviews one of Brazil's greatest writers, who discusses her 25-year career of published novels, short stories, poetry and books for children and where she finds her inspiration.

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 26, Feb 2024

A Bolivarian militia member at a polling station during the referendum on Venezuelan sovereignty over the Esquibo region, in Caracas on December 3.

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Why oil and politics are re-igniting an old conflict between Venezuela and Guyana

The world faces a renewed geopolitical fault line in South America. Borders drawn by colonial powers cross disputed territory now rich in resources. Fears of war are real, but open conflict unlikely.

Paul Achkar 16, Dec 2023

Supporters of Brazil's far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro who dispute the election of leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gather near Brazil's Congress after protesters had invaded the building as well as the presidential palace and Supreme Court, in Brasilia, Brazil January 8, 2023. REUTERS/Antonio Cascio

Brazil Probes Anti-democratic Riots as World Leaders Condemn Attacks

Brazil's Supreme Court removed the governor of Brasilia from office for 90 days over security failings that it said allowed thousands of backers of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro to…

09, Jan 2023

Brazil's Vice President Hamilton Mourao looks on next to Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro during a ceremony at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil February 11, 2022. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Brazil Acting President Hits Out at 'Silent' Bolsonaro in New Year Speech

Brazil's acting president, Hamilton Mourao, on Saturday criticized outgoing far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro for allowing anti-democratic sentiment to thrive in the wake of this year's election, in a…

01, Jan 2023

Pele - Brazil celebrates a goal Action Images via Reuters

Pele's Astonishing Goal Record

Pele's position as one of the greatest footballers of all time has never been contested but the same cannot be said for the number of goals he scored in his star-studded career. Precisely how many…

30, Dec 2022

Brazil's soccer legend Pele attends the opening of an exhibit about his life titled King's Marks, in Brasilia, Brazil, June 25, 2008. Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died in Sao Paulo on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. He was 82. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Pelé, Brazil’s Mighty King of ‘Beautiful Game,’ Has Died

Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday. He was 82. The standard-bearer of “the…

AP 29, Dec 2022

A man pushes a cart loaded with garbage for recycling in front of a mural depicting Brazilian soccer legend Pele embracing late Argentinean soccer star Diego Maradona in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. Pele is hospitalized to continue his cancer treatment. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Pelé’s Family Gathers At Hospital in Sao Paulo

Family members of Brazilian soccer great Pelé are gathering at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo where the 82-year-old global icon has been since the end of November. Doctors said earlier…

AP 25, Dec 2022

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‘I’m Still Here’ masterfully peels back the layers of suffering

London art exhibit sets Brazil as the birthplace of modernism

Brazilian writer Leonardo Garzaro on names and identity

Adriana Lisboa: There aren't 'great stories' but great ways to tell them

Why oil and politics are re-igniting an old conflict between Venezuela and Guyana

Brazil Probes Anti-democratic Riots as World Leaders Condemn Attacks

Brazil Acting President Hits Out at 'Silent' Bolsonaro in New Year Speech

Pele's Astonishing Goal Record

Pelé, Brazil’s Mighty King of ‘Beautiful Game,’ Has Died

Pelé’s Family Gathers At Hospital in Sao Paulo

Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ brings even bigger tariffs than expected

Winning Khartoum: what tipped the scales in the army's favour?

Ekrem İmamoğlu: The Turkish presidential candidate behind bars

8 things you need to know about Syria's new government

Remembering Eduardo Galeano: the voice of the oppressed

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