Maringá, BRAZIL– It’s Carnival time in Brazil, which means people are celebrating one of our...
Author - Nicole Luna
This is an interactive map that shows you where YJI students have written stories over the years. You can zoom in or out of the world map to explore all of them in detail. [Note: If you’re seeing this on an author page, you will only see stories by a particular student.]
Brazilian mining interests trample on Indigenous lives
“See that we Yanomami are really suffering … The rivers where we drink water are dirty! And...
Brazilian activist fights for Amazon rainforest
Maringá, BRAZIL – Pepyaka Krikati is an indigenous environmental activist who has been fighting to...
Indigenous Brazilian works toward higher education
Maringá, BRAZIL – Accessing a college degree is difficult for many middle-class Brazilians due to...
For a peaceful new year, Brazilians wear white
Maringa, BRAZIL – “Ho, ho, ho” is what the western part of the world was listening to during the...
Brazil acts against riots, YJI reporter gets hostile reception...
Maringá, BRAZIL – After rioters invaded the Palácio do Planalto, or the president’s house on...
Brazilian democracy is under attack
Maringa, BRAZIL – Today, two months after the presidential election that ousted the former...
Trucker strike clogs Brazilian roads
Maringa, BRAZIL – A trucker strike that left Brazilian roadways struck started Sunday, Oct. 30, the...