Fernanda Canofre

Dec 29, 2024 | globalvoices.org | Fernanda Canofre

Brazil is a country with a long past ahead, cartoonist Millôr Fernandes once said. By the end of 2024, the year of the 60th anniversary of the military coup that led to 21 years of dictatorship (1964–1985), national headlines are split between a film recounting the story of a man who disappeared under the regime and how close the country came to a new coup in 2022, with then president Jair Bolsonaro now charged.

Dec 12, 2024 | globalvoices.org | Fernanda Canofre

If you've seen anything about ”I'm Still Here” (“Ainda Estou Aqui”), the Brazilian film about a forced disappearance during the military dictatorship (1964–1985), you would have come across the photo above. A screenshot from the film and the image of its official poster shows Rubens Paiva with two of his five children and his wife, Maria Eunice, on a beach in Rio de Janeiro. While Paiva and the children smile, facing the camera, Eunice looks in a different direction and frowns.

Oct 22, 2024 | es.globalvoices.org | Fernanda Canofre

Rick Azevedo encendió la cámara de su teléfono celular y, durante un minuto y siete segundos, habló sobre la indignación que sentía por su agotador horario laboral que hace que los trabajadores estén activos ocho horas al día, seis días a la semana, con solo un día libre. “Pienso todo el tiempo, soy alguien que vive solo, no tengo hijos, y no puedo hacer nada; ¿puedes imaginar a alguien que tiene hijos, pareja, una casa de la cual encargarse?

Oct 20, 2024 | tolerance.ca | Fernanda Canofre

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Oct 20, 2024 | everand.com | Fernanda Canofre

Originally published on Global Voices Rick Azevedo turned his cellphone camera on and, for one minute and seven seconds, talked about how he felt outraged by his grueling work schedule that puts workers in action for eight hours a day, six days a week, only getting one day off. “I keep thinking, I'm someone who lives by himself, who doesn't have kids, and I can't do anything; can you imagine someone who has kids, a husband, a house to take care of?