Renato Francisco dos Santos Paula

Students at the Parana Federal University in Curitiba, Brazil, protest planned cuts to federal spending on higher education planned by President Jair Bolsonaro’s right-wing government, May 30, 2019. The banner reads ‘In defense of education.’ Reuters/Rodolfo Buhrer

June 5, 2019

Brazilian universities fear Bolsonaro plan to eliminate humanities and slash public education budgets

Renato Francisco dos Santos Paula, Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG)

Brazil’s new president was elected on promises to radically restructure Brazil. But proposed education spending cuts and curricular changes have students and teachers marching in the streets.

Students in Paraná state began occupying school buildings to protest education reforms in October 2016. Ingrid Matuoka/Wikimedia

December 6, 2016

No food, no water, no sleep: is Brazil torturing student protesters?

Renato Francisco dos Santos Paula, Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG)

The last time the country’s courts authorised such harsh police techniques as sleep deprivation and starvation was during the dictatorship.

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