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Project supports women entrepeneurs from Rio's West Zone during the pandemic. Photo: Ana Lemos

Amid the Pandemic, Women from Rio’s West Zone Reinvent Their Businesses

By Aira Nascimento, Anna Lemos, Flávia Domingues, Heloisa Mazza, Mariane Diaz • Translation by Fred Hanson • May 29, 2021

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article about Covid-19 and its impacts on the favelas. It is also part of a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San […]

The Art of Reinvention: Black Artists and Cultural Producers from Rio de Janeiro’s Peripheries Adapt During the Pandemic

By Nyl de Sousa • Translation by Trisha Ponti • May 19, 2021

Clique aqui para Português This article is the latest contribution to our year-long reporting project, “Rooting Anti-Racism in the Favelas: Deconstructing Social Narratives About Racism in Rio de Janeiro.” Follow our Rooting Anti-Racism in the Favelas […]

Protest in Jacarezinho while the public hearing happened in the morning of May 7, the morning after Jacarezinho massacre

Public Hearing on Confronting Poverty in Rio de Janeiro Identifies Actions to Combat Hunger

By Eduardo Antunez Rolle • May 17, 2021

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article about Covid-19 and its impacts on the favelas. On May 8, Rio de Janeiro State Deputy Renata Souza organized the public hearing, “Confronting Moderate and Extreme Poverty […]

"The boy couldn't believe he was going to eat," — Anna Paula Sales of A.M.I.G.A.S.

The Pandemic of Hunger in Rio’s Favelas: A Struggle Between Grief and Empty Stomachs [VIDEO]

By Gabriela Buffon Vargas, Pilar Boyero, Tatiana Lima • Translation by Clau Guimarães, Gabriela Buffon Vargas, Pilar Boyero • May 14, 2021

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article about Covid-19 and its impacts on the favelas. Favela grassroots movements launch an international campaign and attempt to stave off hunger amidst abandonment by public authorities. Ten […]

River Clean-Up Strengthens Land Rights Fight in Horto Favela

By Emerson de Souza, Taísa Sanches • Translation by Constance Malleret • May 11, 2021

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University, to produce articles for the Digital Brazil Project on human rights […]