Clique aqui para Português In 2017, the municipality of Duque de Caxias, in Greater Rio de Janeiro, created the Division of Special Affairs (DAE) within its Municipal Secretariat for Social Assistance and Human Rights. The […]
Clique aqui para Português Hunger has returned to Brazil. Approximately 33 million Brazilians are experiencing severe food insecurity according to data from the 2nd National Survey on Food Insecurity in the Context of the Covid-19 […]
Clique aqui para Português At least 389 people have died from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in the favelas of Maré in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone. As reflected on the Covid-19 in Favelas Unified Dashboard*, […]
Clique aqui para Português It’s been over five weeks since journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira disappeared in the Javari Valley, in the state of Amazonas in northern Brazil. Bruno Pereira worked in […]
Clique aqui para Português So far, the Vila Cruzeiro Massacre in the favelas of Complexo da Penha has left 23 dead and at least 7 wounded. According to local sources, who will not be identified, the […]