Catherine Osborn
PRI
Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Security reformers in Bolsonaro’s Brazil look to America’s pro-gun campaigners
Brazil’s academic research community overwhelmingly predicts new measures will lead to more violence in Brazil — a country with around 43,000 gun deaths per year. But in the Bolsonaro era, their arguments are losing to a political bloc that is resolutely opposed to empirical research and that takes many of its cues from pro-gun campaigners in the United States. → Read More
Lula’s limbo between prison and presidency looms over 2018 Brazil race
South America’s largest country is electing its next president later this year — and it’s in the thick of a legal battle about whether the top-polling candidate will be in jail by that time. → Read More
Hip hop met Rio de Janeiro and never stepped back
America’s 1990s hip hop scene is reincarnated every Saturday night in what may seem like an unlikely location — beneath a highway overpass in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. → Read More
The Undeniable Charm of Brazil's Latest Dance Craze
This article is adapted from AQ's print issue on peace and economic opportunity in ColombiaWhen Hatus Rodrigues first ventured into Rio de Janeiro’s charme dance scene, it was in hopes of getting over a girl.Sore from a bad breakup back in 2014, the telecom sales agent took a cousin’s advice to check out a legendary hip-hop party that materializes, strobe-lit and bass-heavy, under a highway… → Read More
The Undeniable Charm of Brazil's Latest Dance Craze
This article is adapted from AQ's print issue on peace and economic opportunity in ColombiaWhen Hatus Rodrigues first ventured into Rio de Janeiro’s charme dance scene, it was in hopes of getting over a girl.Sore from a bad breakup back in 2014, the telecom sales agent took a cousin’s advice to check out a legendary hip-hop party that materializes, strobe-lit and bass-heavy, under a highway… → Read More
Brazil: The New Home of Do-Gooder Business
A growing movement for responsible business is tackling Brazil’s thorniest social and environmental challenges — without taking its eye off profits. → Read More
The Political Scientist and Lawyer Mapping Activism in Latin America
They took a 12-month road trip to document new political movements across the region. Here’s what they found. → Read More
A year after the Rio Olympics, gunfights continue and troops patrol the streets
One of the legacies of the Rio Olympics was supposed to be a safer city. A year later, that promise hasn't been kept and soldiers are patrolling Rio's streets. → Read More
Residents of a crisis-ridden Rio caution future Olympic hosts
Thousands of police have been taken off Rio’s streets in the past year, city clinics are closing their doors, and there has been dismal interest in patronizing Rio’s $20 million Olympic golf course — built on an environmental reserve — and the almost completely unsold luxury housing that was once the athlete’s village. → Read More
As Brazil's president races to change labor laws, investigators circle
A 3-year-old anti-corruption probe called Operation Car Wash has advanced deep into the backrooms of Brazilian politics and business, implicating politicians from all major parties. → Read More
Is It Time for the Black Brazilian Billionaire?
Once, being a Black Brazilian would hardly mean riches, but that may be changing. → Read More
Brazil will not be outdone by Washington’s chaos
Scandal, secret tapes, obstruction of justice, talk of impeachment — not Washington, this time we’re talking about Brazil. President Michel Temer says he will not resign. → Read More
How a whisper can help fight labor trafficking in Brazil
She was forced to work in a sweatshop — now she runs her own shop and helps other women avoid being trafficked. → Read More
Brazil's Stellar Female Mathletes
Want a feminist double whammy? Try girls who are great at math and winning big in Brazil. → Read More
A Requiem For Rousseff in a Rio Favela
As Dilma Rousseff leaves office, some working-class supporters held a boisterous wake for her legacy. → Read More
In Brazil, a youth movement wants the economy to open up
A movement of students and young people in Brazil, backed by funding from the American Koch and Templeton foundations, is agitating for market reforms. → Read More
Brazil's 'House of Cards' continues as ex-president Lula is detained in anti-corruption probe
A former Brazilian president is back in the spotlight, and not for a good reason. Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva was accused of corruption and was detained by police while they searched his home. → Read More
Olympic sailor Isabel Swan wants a clean bay in Brazil for the Olympics
Brazilian sailor Isabel Swan just found out she's a torch bearer for the Olympics in Rio this summer. She's also been heading up efforts to clean up Guanabara Bay's polluted waters ahead of the Games. → Read More
The bigger problems behind Brazil's recent disease outbreaks
Forty percent of Brazil's homes lack access to any kind of sewer system. Public health workers are afraid to go to crime-ridden neighborhoods. Activists in the country's poorest areas say both investment and mindsets have to change to tackle a public health crisis. → Read More
Brazilian Carnival floats this year included David Bowie, Yoda and this famous police officer
The themes seen in Brazil's carnival this year: corruption and specifically the image of one man, Newton Ishii. → Read More