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Montevideo, June 14th 2026 - 12:48 UTC

Tag: racism

  • Tuesday, May 26th 2026 - 08:29 UTC

    “I can take him as a slave”: Argentine tourist arrested in Brazil over messages about 7-year-old

    Passengers and train security personnel held the suspect in a compartment until the arrival of the Minas Gerais Military Police

    A 63-year-old Argentine tourist, identified as Eduardo Ignacio, was arrested on Sunday in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais on racial discrimination charges after photographing and filming a 7-year-old Black boy aboard a tourist train, and sharing the images in a messaging group with racist comments that included the phrase: “I can take him as a slave.” The case, recorded on the steam train that connects the municipality of São João del-Rei with the historic city of the same name, raises to three the racism episodes involving South American tourists in Brazil over the past five months.

  • Tuesday, May 19th 2026 - 01:42 UTC

    Chilean executive detained in Brazil for racist and homophobic insults to Latam flight attendant

    The executive refers to the cabin crew member as “mono” (monkey) and makes gestures imitating a primate

    Chilean executive Germán Naranjo Maldini has been held since Friday 15 May at the Guarulhos prison on the outskirts of São Paulo, charged with racial slur after directing racist and homophobic insults at a flight attendant of the airline Latam during a flight between São Paulo and Frankfurt on 10 May. The Chilean fishing company Landes, where he served as commercial manager, formally and preventively removed the executive from his position following the circulation over the weekend of a video showing the verbal attacks.

  • Sunday, March 29th 2026 - 11:22 UTC

    Argentine lawyer held in Brazil on racial slur charges faces new uncertainty after court reversal

    Páez was filmed making racist gestures toward employees of a bar in the Ipanema neighborhood

    Agostina Páez, a 29-year-old Argentine lawyer and influencer from the province of Santiago del Estero, has been held in Rio de Janeiro since January 14, when she was filmed making racist gestures toward employees of a bar in the Ipanema neighborhood. The video quickly went viral and led to three criminal complaints for racial slur, a crime that carries a penalty of two to five years in prison per offense under Brazilian law.

  • Friday, March 28th 2025 - 10:02 UTC

    Measures announced to tackle racism in sports

    Ronaldo will be a part of Conmebol's task force

    Brazil's Government Thursday launched a comprehensive plan to tackle racism in sports, focusing on awareness, monitoring, and education. Key actions include creating a seal and award for anti-racist sports entities, launching educational campaigns at events, and developing a digital platform to track racial discrimination data. The initiative, supported by Ministers Anielle Franco (Racial Equality) and André Fufuca (Sports), emphasizes collaboration with sports justice, media, and government programs to promote equality and inclusion.

  • Monday, March 10th 2025 - 08:56 UTC

    Palmeiras says sanctions against racist Cerro Porteño too lenient

    A Paraguayan fan holding a child was caught on camera imitating a monkey as Figueredo left the pitch to be substituted

    Officials from the São Paulo football club Palmeiras said the South American Football Confederation's sanctions issued Sunday against Paraguay's Cerro Porteño following last week's racist incidents were “extremely lenient.”

  • Wednesday, February 5th 2025 - 07:54 UTC

    Brazilian court rules no such thing as “reverse racism” against white people

    The theory of “reverse racism” does not pertain to Brazilian law, which seeks to protect the black minority from the oppressing white majority, the STJ ruled

    The Sixth Circuit (Turma) of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) found Tuesday that racial discrimination applies criminally only to whites acting against blacks but not vice versa, Agencia Brasil reported. The ruling thus discarded the so-called “reverse racism” theory invoked in the “European white-headed slaver” case in the State of Alagoas that reached Brasilia for clarification.

  • Friday, November 10th 2023 - 11:08 UTC

    Mercosur Cultural signs declaration against racism

    Menezes handed over the pro-tempore presidency of Mercosur Cultural to Paraguay

    The Culture Ministers of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) Thursday signed a declaration in Belém condemning racism, thus reaffirming the bloc's commitment to promoting ethnic-racial equality and combating racism in the region, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Monday, July 31st 2023 - 10:06 UTC

    Brazilian black women march through Copacabana against racism and violence

    Being with these women, for me, is giving me a feeling of warmth and strength in this place,” Anielle Franco said

    Representatives from various parts of the state of Rio de Janeiro took part Sunday along the Copacabana in the 9th Black Women's March under the motto Black Women United against Racism, All Forms of Oppression, Violence and for the Good Life, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Tuesday, May 9th 2023 - 10:29 UTC

    Brazilian authorities need to tackle bias against Afro-descendants

    Afro-Brazilian people are particularly targeted by private security guards out of sheer bias

    Brazilian authorities are considering tougher measures against racism following a new incident at a Carrefour supermarket, it was reported.

  • Thursday, June 10th 2021 - 09:38 UTC

    Argentine President's gaffe overshadows Spanish PM's presence at Casa Rosada

    “We defend the liberalization of vaccines, and that their distribution be expedited,” said Sánchez.

    Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's presence at the Casa Rosada Wednesday was shadowed by a racist remark from Argentine President Alberto Fernández, who said that “Mexicans came from the Indians, Brazilians came from the jungle, but we Argentines came from the ships, and they were ships that came from Europe, and that's how we built our society.”

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