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For the Indians of the Amazon, it's a punishment from God. For European surfers, it's the latest adventure. For both, it is more than just a wave; the 'Pororoca', or 'big roar', is unpredictable and deadly.
In Brazil they're ripping down schools and cutting hospital funding to put up stadiums. No wonder that while Brazilians love the World Cup, they're protesting against having to pay for it in vital services.
As President Lula's health is brought into question, Brazil is looking ahead to the elections in October. Could a victory for ex-environment minister Marina Silva be the salvation of the rainforest?
Can you own a piece of land? If it is the sacred land where your ancestors hunted and fished and are now buried upon, do you have more claim to it than a farmer who has bought the land from the Government and possesses land titles?
Ranchers illegally carving up the Amazon are resorting to force to secure their profits. In the past 30 years, hundreds of indigenous farmers who oppose them have been murdered.
For more than a decade Brazil has opened itself to the global economy. Yet still the richest ten per cent of its people take half the nation's income while the poorest 40 per cent live on less than two dollars a day. The measures Brazil has taken to save its currency -- steps that have thus far satisfied fast-moving global markets -- are hurting the poor and the lower middle class. What's ha…
In Brazil, power still rests with the fair-skinned. With over 40% of the population descending from Africans brought to the Americas as slaves, discrimination is a big problem.
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