Clique aqui para Português Today, November 20, is Brazil’s Black Awareness Day, a day to celebrate Black Brazilian history and resistance to oppression. While May 13 marks the adoption of the ‘Golden Law‘ that abolished slavery in 1888 with the […]
Clique aqui para Português Women in Brazil are on the march. That’s true in a literal sense, as women put boots-on-the-ground today in Brasília for the annual national Black Women’s March, and in recent weeks in […]
Clique aqui para Português A new series of maps and infographics show the stark racial segregation of the city of Rio de Janeiro. São Paulo geography student Hugo Nicolau Barbosa de Gusmão developed the maps […]
Clique aqui para Português Psychological pressures intensify in Vila Autódromo after the community’s ping pong table was demolished and children’s playground is under threat. The psychological stress on residents in Vila Autódromo, next to the 2016 Olympic Park, […]
Clique aqui para Português The media spotlight on Rio is growing ever more intense ahead of the Olympics, as October began with the official Rio 2016 press briefing for international journalists. The month included a number […]