Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

Lourdes Garcia-Navarro appears in the following:

In The Amazon's Fire Season, 'You Either Burn Or You Starve'

Thursday, November 05, 2015

This is the time of year subsistence farmers clear land by setting fires in the Amazon. They say it's the only way they can make a living, but it's delivering another blow to the rain forest.

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Deep In The Amazon, An Unseen Battle Over The Most Valuable Trees

Wednesday, November 04, 2015

For generations, the rubber tappers of the Amazon have gone about their business in a way that preserves the rain forest. Today, they are increasingly in conflict with criminal logging gangs.

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Girls Of Brazil Face Slurs And Taunts If They Play Soccer: #15Girls

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

It's a place where girls can play volleyball. They can do ballet (of course).

But soccer is a no-no.

That's the way it goes in Brazil, the country that famously loves soccer. There was once a legal ban — from 1941 to 1979 — noting that "women will not be ...

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If You're Expecting In Brazil, You Need A Pregnancy Photographer

Monday, September 14, 2015

At the parks and beaches of Rio de Janeiro on a Saturday, you're likely to find photographers clicking away at pregnant women with form-fitting outfits that highlight their bellies.

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Brazil Enslaved

Saturday, September 12, 2015

An enslaved woman is sitting with her white charge in her lap. She is well dressed in a pristine white headdress and an off-the-shoulder blouse, wearing bracelets and rings and necklaces. She stares straight at the camera, somberly.

The image was probably commissioned by the family as a memento, according ...

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Rio's Favelas Feel The Peace — And The Pressure — Of Pacification

Sunday, August 30, 2015

On a Saturday morning, in a group of Rio de Janeiro's notoriously violent shanty towns, or favelas, heavily armed pacification police stand on one side of the street, on the other side, protestors call for them to withdraw.

On the protest side, Mayse Freitas lists the people she knows who ...

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Hispanic Or Latino? A Guide For The U.S. Presidential Campaign

Thursday, August 27, 2015

My parents are Cuban and Panamanian. I grew up in Miami. I travel broadly in Latin America but reside in Brazil, which speaks Portuguese, not Spanish.

So what am I?

This may seem an irrelevant question to many, but as the American presidential season kicks into high gear there's been ...

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Zap Racket Helps Brazilians Deal With Mosquitoes

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Brazilians bedeviled by mosquitoes bat away the nuisances with an electrified tennis racket. (This piece initially aired on June 14, 2015 on Weekend Edition Sunday).

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For Brazil's 1 Percenters, The Land Stays In The Family Forever

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Under a centuries-old law, a small group of families has rights over swaths of land — including some of the country's most valuable areas — collecting taxes and taking a cut of property sales.

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Recession Inspires Brazilians To Protest Against President Rousseff

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Once the darling of emerging world economies, Brazil is deeply mired in recession. Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians poured onto streets across the country this past weekend to voice their anger.

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Protesters Take To The Streets In Brazil, In A Nationwide Call For Change

Sunday, August 16, 2015

Thousands of Brazilians demonstrated in protests across the country Sunday. Many called for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff, who has become increasingly unpopular.

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Dark-Skinned Or Black? How Afro-Brazilians Are Forging A Collective Identity

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

In Brazil, people have tended to describe themselves by skin color rather than race. But that's all changing, as the country's black pride movement gains traction.

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Brazil's Mediums Channel Dead Artists. Is It Worship Or Just Delusion?

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Mediums say they can tap into the spirits of famous artists and authors to create new works. In other countries, it might be called fraud. In Brazil, it's considered a form of religious worship.

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#NPRreads: Cecil's Zimbabwe And UCLA Tracks A Superbug

Friday, August 07, 2015

#NPRreads is a weekly feature on Twitter and on The Two-Way. The premise is simple: Correspondents, editors and producers throughout our newsroom share pieces that have kept them reading. They share tidbits using the #NPRreads hashtag — and on Fridays, we highlight some of the best stories.

This week, ...

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Will Brazil Be Ready For Summer Olympics? The Athletes Weigh In

Thursday, August 06, 2015

In Brazil, the countdown has begun for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Brazilian organizers say everything is on track, but concerns persist over the water quality for some of the events.

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Brazilians Cybershame Gilberto Gil's Daughter For Healthful Lunchbox

Thursday, August 06, 2015

Processed and fast food have become status symbols in Brazil, while some are frowning on local fruits and vegetables. Bela Gil is trying to change the conversation.

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As Brazil's Economy Goes In Reverse, Illusion Of Prosperity Fades With It

Monday, July 27, 2015

Brazil's so-called economic miracle appears to have stalled, or worse, gone into reverse.

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#NPRreads: Electric Dylan, Fracking And The Iran Deal Deconstructed

Friday, July 24, 2015

#NPRreads is a weekly feature on Twitter and on The Two-Way. The premise is simple: Correspondents, editors and producers throughout our newsroom share pieces that have kept them reading. They share tidbits using the #NPRreads hashtag — and on Fridays, we highlight some of the best stories.

This week, ...

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For The Rubik's Cube World Champ, 6 Seconds Is Plenty Of Time

Monday, July 20, 2015

Competition was fierce at the Rubik's Cube world championship in Brazil. There was a 4-year-old and a category for those who do it with their feet. The overall winner needed less than 6 seconds.

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#NPRreads: Climate Scientists In The Crosshairs And China's Economy

Friday, July 17, 2015

#NPRreads is a weekly feature on Twitter and on The Two-Way. The premise is simple: Correspondents, editors and producers throughout our newsroom share pieces that have kept them reading. They share tidbits using the #NPRreads hashtag — and on Fridays, we highlight some of the best stories.

This week, ...

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