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Black Brazilian Women Take Gold at the 2024 Olympic Games, Part 2: Community and Public Investments Take Favelas to the Olympics, With or Without Medals

By Julio Santos Filho • Translation by Kincaid Cummings • August 31, 2024

Clique aqui para Português This is Part 2 of a two-part article on the achievements of representation for Black Brazilian women at the 2024 Olympics.  The Olympic achievements of Beatriz Souza, Rebeca Andrade, Ana Patrícia […]

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Black Brazilian Women Take Gold at the 2024 Olympic Games, Part 1: Meet Beatriz Souza, Rebeca Andrade, Ana Patrícia, and Duda Lisboa

By Cleyton Santanna • Translation by Kincaid Cummings • August 30, 2024

Clique aqui para Português This is Part 1 of a two-part article on the achievements of representation for Black Brazilian women at the 2024 Olympics.  The Olympic Games have a complicated and often harmful history […]

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Rio Event Joins Organizers to Discuss Favela-Palestine Connections

By Alice Machado, Vinícius Ribeiro • Translation by Ujwala Murthy • August 7, 2024

Clique aqui para Português On Saturday, July 27, the ninth edition of Black July took place over a traditional countryside breakfast at Raízes do Brasil, space of the Small Farmers’ Movement (MPA) in Santa Teresa, […]

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In Rio de Janeiro, Conservative ‘Governor’s Island’ Holds Its First Pride Parade Following Decades of Local Organizing

By Amanda Baroni Lopes • Translation by Staff • July 15, 2024

Clique aqui para Português On a sunny Saturday, June 29, Ilha do Governador (Governor’s Island) held its first LGBT+ Pride Parade at the foot of the Morro do Dendê favela, in Aterro do Cocotá, in the […]

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Rio Favela Leaders Go to Brasília to Advocate for Clean and Just Energy

By Sustainable Favela Network • Translation by Ujwala Murthy • June 26, 2024

Clique aqui para Português From May 26-29, 2024, a delegation of 19 community organizers representing favelas across Rio de Janeiro with 1.2 million residents brought their demands for clean and just energy to federal policymakers […]

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