Journalist with expertise in Foreign Policy from the School Foundation of Sociology and Politics of São Paulo, manager and representative of the Shared Communication Network Ciranda.Net at the International Council of the World Social Forum and World Forum of Free Media. Editor-in-Chief of the Middle East Monitor – Brazil.
Creating new perspectives since 2009
Items by Rita Freire
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Muslim slaves taken to Brazil were expensive, and worked to earn their freedom
Some of the descendants of Africans taken into slavery still share the name of the slaver who bought and sold them...
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United in solidarity: the mission of the Latin Palestinian Forum
We often hear voices raised in solidarity with the Palestinian people coming from organisations and individuals committed to ending Israeli apartheid in occupied Palestine. However, it is interesting that the first meeting of the Latin Palestinian Forum’s Board of Trustees pointed out divisive issues. Connecting solidarity for more effective...
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The Myth of the Temple of Solomon II: Ostentation in Brazil
The work explores elements of the Jewish faith applied in an unorthodox way to the neo-Pentecostal evangelical Christian church and its theology of prosperity, which is growing in Brazil....
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World Social Forum broadens space for Palestine voices in the international arena
On 29 November, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, a Jerusalem resident and another from Hebron were on their way to Tunis to share their first-hand accounts about facing colonial Occupation. Their arrival is an exception to the general rule, a life-threatening adventure in Palestine, where...
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Brazil with Lula 2022: Democracy defeats the menace of fascism
The threat of a Brazilian dictatorship legitimised by the ballot – with hordes of armed, ferocious zealots imposing their reactionary values, policies and codes of behaviour – persuaded democratic spirits to rise from years of internal disputes, common in times of political normality. Brazil closed the ranks on Jair...
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International eyes on the Brazilian elections, a race for the Deep Country
The alliance of pro-democracy actors around Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s run for the presidency won over almost half of the Brazilian constituency, gathering 48.4 per cent of votes for the former Chief-of-State, who barely closed the race on 2nd October. However, the slight 1.6 per cent who set...
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The myth of the Temple of Solomon and the struggle for Jerusalem
What does Al-Aqsa Mosque have to do with settler campaigns to rebuild the Biblical Temple of Solomon?...
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An iconic cause for the WSF: With no Free Palestine, there is no other possible world
The last session of the World Social Forum wrapped up on 6 May in Mexico City, reporting the silencing of two further Palestinian voices who should have been present at the event that promotes the slogan “Another world is possible”. Along with other Palestinian delegates at the closing assembly,...