Tag: racism

• Sunday, March 29th 2026 - 11:22 UTC

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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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 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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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.”

• Wednesday, April 21st 2021 - 20:31 UTC

  Former white policeman guilty of murdering black man in racial case which sparked unrest in US - President Biden “relieved”

  

  Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all counts Tuesday by a jury of his peers for the killing of George Floyd in an incident that sparked racial violence all across the United States in 2020 leading up to the presidential elections. Chauvin is white; Foyd was black.

• Friday, January 8th 2021 - 01:33 UTC

  FA admits Cavani is not racist, and blames Manchester United for not offering the player social media training

  

  The English Football Association (FA) panel handed Edinson Cavani a three-match suspension despite acknowledging the Manchester United striker was not deliberately racist and had not known his language on social media was offensive.