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Missing my Providência

By Hosana Souza • Translation by Priscila Vivar • July 22, 2011

Clique aqui para Português “I miss my Providência,” exclaimed Eron César dos Santos, who has lived on the hill for 44 years, or his entire life. A man with glasses and a burn mark on […]

Religion in Rio’s Favelas

By Samuel Lima • Translation by Samuel Novacich • May 11, 2011

Clique aqui para Português Reporting by: Glenda Fernandes, Saulo Araújo, Hosana Souza, Josilaine Costa, Samuel Lima, Henrique Ribeiro and Amanda Souza. One of the healthiest aspects of Brazil’s young democracy is its widespread religious freedom, […]

The Body Complex

By Igor de Oliveira, João Vítor dos Santos • Translation by Lee Weingast, Nicole Rosner, Samuel Novacich • April 30, 2011

Clique aqui para Português The opening of the first open-air gym in Complexo do Alemão, inside the community’s Espaço Habitacional Poesi (Poesi cultural center), has attracted much attention. One of the initiatives of the partnership […]