Brazil: War on Children is a journey through the underworld of Brazil's ten million street children. The author interweaves first-hand reportage, interviews and statistics to paint a picture of life for the children. He discovers a world of pimps, muggers, prostitutes and petty criminals; homeless children who live in fear of sudden death at the hands of the off-duty police and other vigilantes who make up Brazil's death squads. Dimenstein interviews the Church workers who risk becoming death squad targets themselves by befriending the children and trying to bring them hope. He also talks to the authorities who turn a blind eye, to the killers and to the children themselves. An introduction by Jan Rocha, the Guardian's Brazil correspondent, shows how the children are just the most visible casualties of one of the most inequal societies in the world. It describes the impact of the policies of President Fernando Collor de Mello on Brazil's poor.

Brazil - War on Children

History

Rocha, Jan

Dimenstein, Gilberto

Americas

Monthly Review+press

Brazil is a land of global superlatives, boasting the best soccer, the largest rainforest and the world's worst social and economic inequity. Its vibrant culture is best known for Carnival and samba and attracts thousands of visitors every year. The Carnival capital of Rio also showcases Brazil's contrasts, as the shanty towns of the dispossessed cling to spectacular mountainsides, overlooking the beach playgrounds of the rich. Brazil in Focus is an authoritative and up-to-date guide to the giant of Latin America. It explores: the history, the people, the politics, the economy, the Amazon and the environment, the culture and where to go and what to see.

Brazil in Focus: A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture (In Focus Guides)

The Brazil Country Profile presents a country that is the ninth richest economy in the world, yet, which is in terms of human development, one of the poorest. It provides a concise account of the historical and political background to Brazil, where for 500 years the rich and powerful have fought ruthlessly to defend the status quo, but where a growing popular movement is working for sustainable change.Much of this Country Profile is told through the personal testimonies of Brazilians themselves. Traveling widely, the author talked to people on farms and on street corners; in rainforests and shantytowns; at football matches and carnival celebrations. These people talk about their lives and their hopes for the future in this diverse and contradictory nation.

Brazil (International Development)

Oxfam

"Brazil in Focus" is an authoritative and up-to-date guide to the giant of Latin America. It explores the land, history and politics, economy, society and people, culture and environment, and includes tips on where to go and what to see. Color and b&w photos, maps.

Brazil: A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture (BRAZIL (IN FOCUS GUIDES))

Travel

South America

Interlink Pub Group Inc

An authoritative and up-to-date guide to the giant of Latin America, Brazil in Focus explores the history and politics, the people and culture, the economy, the Amazon and the environment, and includes tips on where to go and what to see. Maps, color and b&amp;w photos.

In Focus Brazil a Guide to the People Politics and Culture (BRAZIL (IN FOCUS GUIDES))

Brazil Inside Out: People, politics and culture

Seen as a successful emerging economy, Brazil walks tall on the world stage and its voice is growing louder. Its success, celebrated in being awarded the 2014 Football World Cup and the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, is attracting millions of foreign tourists. Yet Brazil also faces huge challenges: to combine economic growth with measures to reduce the huge social inequality inherited from its slave-owning past; to respect ethnic and cultural diversity; to ensure a popular say in government; to meet energy needs while preserving the environment – especially the Amazon rainforest – and to adapt to climate change. Sporadic nationwide protests suggest that, despite the new prosperity and measures to redistribute income, the government has not done enough to satisfy the demands of the poor and emerging middle classes. But for all its problems Brazil is still the country of sun, sea, sand and sex―the exuberance displayed in carnival. This short book, based on the best-selling Brazil in Focus, provides an introduction to the country for the student and traveller alike, people who want to know more about the real Brazil than is found in an ordinary guidebook.

Business & Money

McDonagh, Francis

Economics

Practical Action Publishing

Seen as a successful emerging economy, Brazil walks tall on the world stage and its voice is growing louder. Its success, celebrated in being awarded the 2014 Football World Cup and the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, is attracting millions of foreign tourists.Yet Brazil also faces huge challenges: to combine economic growth with measures to reduce the huge social inequality inherited from its slave-owning past; to respect ethnic and cultural diversity; to ensure a popular say in government; to meet energy needs while preserving the environment – especially the Amazon rainforest – and to adapt to climate change. Sporadic nationwide protests suggest that, despite the new prosperity and measures to redistribute income, the government has not done enough to satisfy the demands of the poor and emerging middle classes.But for all its problems Brazil is still the country of sun, sea, sand and sex―the exuberance displayed in carnival. This short book, based on the best-selling Brazil in Focus, provides an introduction to the country for the student and traveller alike, people who want to know more about the real Brazil than is found in an ordinary guidebook.

Brazil In Focus is an authorative and up-to-date guide to the giant of Latin America.

Brazil In Focus: A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture (Latin America In Focus)

Latin America Bureau (LAB)

Access to land is one of the key issues for developing countries--and Brazil has one of the most inequitable land distributions in the world, with vast tracts of land held by often absentee landowners. Meanwhile thousands of peasants live in marginal lands in cities and rural areas. The Brazilian Landless Workers' Movement (MST) has proved a huge success with the disenfranchised rural and urban poor in Brazil--becoming one of the largest social movements in the world. Cutting the Wire is the first account in English of the origins, history and current challenges faced by Brazil's poor majority. The authors have traveled the vast expanse of the country to record the words and actions of hundreds of activists who have taken their lives into their own hands. "Cutting the Wire" is how the MST describes the act of occupying the land, the cornerstone of their movement. It is the baptism of fire for the militant, an essential part of their identity and it plays a key role in the mistica, the moment of collective ritual that kicks off all MST events. Cutting the Wire is the story of the MST told in their own words, in vivid first-hand accounts of a continuing struggle.

Cutting The Wire: The Story of the Landless Movement in Brazil

Branford, Sue

As host for the World Cup and Olympic and Paralympic Games, Brazil is attracting millions of new tourists. Nationwide protests, economic and public health troubles are putting a strain on the government. This book provides an introduction to the country for people who want to know more about the real Brazil than is found in an ordinary guidebook.

Brazil Inside Out 2nd Edition

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Books by Rocha, Jan

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Brazil - War on Children

Brazil in Focus: A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture (In Focus Guides)

Brazil (International Development)

Brazil: A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture (BRAZIL (IN FOCUS GUIDES))

In Focus Brazil a Guide to the People Politics and Culture (BRAZIL (IN FOCUS GUIDES))

Brazil Inside Out: People, politics and culture

Brazil Inside Out: People, politics and culture

Brazil In Focus: A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture (Latin America In Focus)

Cutting The Wire: The Story of the Landless Movement in Brazil

Brazil Inside Out 2nd Edition