Luís Gustavo Carmo

1 week ago | globalvoices.org | Liam Anderson |Luís Gustavo Carmo |Fernanda Canofre |Laura Vidal

This article, written by Guilherme Cavalcanti and edited by Thiago Domenici, was originally published on Agência Pública's website on April 10, 2025. An edited version is published here under a partnership agreement with Global Voices. The impacts of the climate crisis are evident in fishing, subsistence agriculture, and people's health, altering habits and ways of life in various regions of Brazil.

1 week ago | globalvoices.org | Luís Gustavo Carmo |Fernanda Canofre |Laura Vidal |Dalia Tarek

In recent weeks, El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, made headlines for renting out the country's mass prison to the United States. In March and April, under US President Donald Trump, the United States deported hundreds of Venezuelans and Salvadorans, without due process, to this facility in El Salvador, the Terrorism Confinement Center (known as CECOT), which has been reported for severe human rights abuses.

2 weeks ago | globalvoices.org | Arzu Geybullayeva |Nurbek Bekmurzaev |Luís Gustavo Carmo |Fernanda Canofre |Arzu Geybulla

While there is no comprehensive data on the number of journalists and newsrooms currently operating in exile, the Thomson Reuters Foundation notes that “thousands of journalists worldwide are forced to work from exile due to political repression and restrictions in their home countries.” From Russia and Turkey to Iran, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Mexico, Belarus, and beyond, stories of entire newsrooms and independent reporters being driven into exile have echoed across international media.

2 weeks ago | globalvoices.org | Luís Gustavo Carmo |Fernanda Canofre |Laura Vidal |Dalia Tarek

On April 15, 2025, Brazilian federal deputy Erika Hilton reported that when she applied for a United States visa, she was classified as a “male” individual. This was a new situation for her, as in 2023, when she was issued another visa by the US, her gender identity was acknowledged as that of a female person.

2 weeks ago | es.globalvoices.org | Luís Gustavo Carmo |Arzu Geybullayeva |Julissa Álvarez Coroa |Mong Palatino

El 15 de abril de 2025, la diputada federal brasileña Erika Hilton denunció que, al pedir una nueva visa estadunidense, fue clasificada como persona de «sexo masculino». Es una situación inédita para ella pues en 2023, en otra visa expedido también por Estados Unidos, la identidad de género de la diputada fue reconocida como de sexo femenino.