In its July 12 edition, Jornal Nacional on TV Globo — Brazil’s leading television newscast — featured the participation of the Humanitas360 Institute at the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which this year explores the relationship between how we build and addressing the climate emergency. The report by Ilze Scamparini showcased the historic relationship between the...
The following article, written by Patrícia Villela Marino, was originally published in the newspaper O Globo on July 15. The announcement of the closure of Primary School, conceived by Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, goes far beyond the shuttering of an educational institution. It represents the collapse of a model that called itself philanthropic but...
In an interview on Brazilian vodcast “No Ritmo da Vida”, produced by the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo with radio Eldorado, the president of Humanitas360 Institute and advisor to Instituto Ficus, Patrícia Villela Marino, advocated for establishing a Hemp production chain in Brazil. Capable of combining economic development and combating the climate emergency, the...
On June 18th, the president of Humanitas360 Institute and advisor to Ficus Institute, Patrícia Villela Marino, was interviewed on the business channel Times Brasil/CNBC about the potential that industrial Hemp represents for the Brazilian economy and climate justice. The conversation with journalist Christiane Pelajo started from the hempcrete installation – concrete made from Hemp –...
The following article, written by Patrícia Villela Marino, was originally published in the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo on May 18. I am outraged by the assertion made by columnist Joel Pinheiro da Fonseca, published in this Folha, that “it is not true that Brazil imprisons too much. We imprison very little” (“Violence Atlas 2025 Brought...
The following article, authored by Patrícia Villela Marino, was originally published in the newspaper O Globo on April 9. While a good portion of the Brazilian Parliament and public figures contort themselves in inflammatory rhetoric against the decriminalization of drugs, the numbers reveal an uncomfortable truth that penal populists prefer to ignore: organized crime in...
The following article, authored by Patrícia Villela Marino, was originally published in the Opinion section of the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo on December 14. On Monday, December 9, the President of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), Luís Roberto Barroso, mandated the compulsory use of body cameras by police officers in the State of...
The following article was originally published in Portuguese in the newspaper O Globo on November 25, 2024. The recent decision by Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice (STJ) to authorize the importation of seeds and the cultivation of hemp for medicinal purposes represents a milestone in the country’s drug policy. While this ruling opens doors for...
The following article was originally published in Portuguese in the newspaper O Globo on October 12, 2024. For whom has Brazil been a homeland? It may seem like a simple question, but any attempt to answer it honestly exposes some of the country’s deepest flaws. The etymology of “pátria” (Portuguese for “homeland”) suggests a connection...
The following article was originally published in Portuguese in the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo on April 12, 2024. Brazil has a sad tradition of public figures who, unable to present adequate solutions to the problems they should solve, resort to simple formulas and easy ways out. The strategy is used by administrators who prefer...