I wish I could not follow it anymore, but I am obsessed with politics. Elections are happening in Canada and, soon, in Brazil as well. If I had the power to change one thing, it would be to make people more engaged in this matter, both places. No one should…

I just read the news about Markham’s illegal casino whose owners will not be prosecuted because the justice system states they have no resources to do it. On the other hand, everybody is aware of people who had stolen food and were imprisoned. I used to believe this tragic fact…

Every day news about the Brazilian situation makes my head blow, and it boils my blood. I always say that there is no official announcement for dictatorship, but never before did so many military people worked in prominent positions in the government, not even when there was an official military…

I have worked as much as I am able to so I can pay the bills and also get some money to buy what they want. We can not go out for good like going to the movies or a restaurant yet, but we are slowly going back to parks…

Being hurt is something tough to overcome. This is how I can explain my feelings of fearful rejection towards other Brazilian people here in general. That is why I had the urge to leave the country with my family as if I needed to. I believe the wealthy middle-class is…

Brazil is an ideal of joy in people’s minds. The country is celebrated for its tolerant society and party culture, the exuberant but calm nature of the region, where everything grows vividly without worrying. A place where people gather to play soccer and dance, where races mix and result in…

There is hope for Brazil since Lula had all the cases against him annulled because now he has his political rights back. …

Lula is out of jail, and justice annulled the sentences because they had no evidence against him. We know he was imprisoned because he was first at the election polls. The Brazilian judicial system was not impartial. Many verified cell phone messages exchanged between judges and prosecutors were leaked; there…