William Costa

Dec 12, 2024 | counterpunch.org | William Costa

Rafael Barrett was born in Torrelavega in northern Spain, close to the Bay of Biscay. Eldest of two sons, he grew up in a well-to-do, though not extremely wealthy, family and enjoyed the privileges that such families took for granted: travel, good education, social and cultural capital. For reasons made clear in William Costas’s Introduction to Paraguayan Sorrow, Barrett left Spain in 1902, going first to Paris, followed by Buenos Aires and then, in 1904, traveling to Paraguay.

Nov 14, 2024 | monthlyreview.org | William Costa |Paraguayan Sorrow

By William Costa, translator of the recently released book, Paraguayan Sorrow, for The GuardianWhen the Spanish anarchist writer Rafael Barrett was smuggled back into Paraguay near the small town of Yabebyry in 1909, he was unrecognisable as the young newspaper correspondent who had arrived in the troubled nation five years earlier to cover an armed revolution. Physically, he was being consumed by a tuberculosis infection that would kill him the following year.

Nov 10, 2024 | theguardian.com | William Costa

When the Spanish anarchist writer Rafael Barrett was smuggled back into Paraguay near the small town of Yabebyry in 1909, he was unrecognisable as the young newspaper correspondent who had arrived in the troubled nation five years earlier to cover an armed revolution. Physically, he was being consumed by a tuberculosis infection that would kill him the following year.

Oct 22, 2024 | theconversation.com | Vinicius Donisete Goulart |William Costa

A atividade humana tem sido um fator chave no aumento dos incêndios florestais, especialmente na Amazônia, que contém as maiores áreas protegidas do mundo. A expansão da agricultura e da infraestrutura — como estradas e ferrovias — ameaça empurrar o arco do desmatamento para dentro da floresta amazônica, inclusive em terras indígenas. Um exemplo proeminente disso é o projeto ferroviário que visa conectar o centro-norte do Mato Grosso ao porto fluvial de Miritituba, no Pará.

Aug 28, 2024 | monthlyreview.org | Rafael Barrett |William Costa

Rafael Barrett, free and audacious spirit.