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By Clara Ferraz • Translation by Carolyn Oliveira • May 31, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This is our most recent article on the new coronavirus and its impact on the favelas. It’s also part of a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for […]

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‘How to Talk About Coronavirus in the Favelas?’ Virtual Teach-In With Favela Organizers [VIDEO]

By Anouk Aflalo Doré, Cormac Whitney Low • Translation by Cheyne Bull • May 28, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article on Covid-19 and its impacts on favelas and in the series of Teach-Ins on Covid-19 in favelas. On April 20, Catalytic Communities (CatComm),* through its Sustainable Favela […]

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Following Data Blackout, Rio City Government’s ‘Updated’ Covid-19 Dashboard Excludes 40% of Deaths

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Cormac Whitney Low • May 27, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article on the new coronavirus as it impacts Rio de Janeiro’s favelas. Covid-19 death figures disappeared from the City of Rio’s official Covid-19 Monitoring Dashboard for four […]

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During 18th Museum Week, Favela Museums Fight Pandemic with Local Actions and Online Classes

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Sarah Jacobs • May 25, 2020

Clique aqui para Português The 18th Annual Museum Week, an important event for Brazilian museums organized by the Brazilian Institute of Museums (Ibram), a group of museological institutions, took place May 18-24, bringing museums and […]

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As Rio Becomes Covid-19 Epicenter, Police Violence Soars to New High

By Edmund Ruge • May 24, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article on the new coronavirus as it impacts Rio de Janeiro’s favelas and part of our partnership with The Rio Times. For the article as published in The Rio Times click here. As […]

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  • In Rio de Janeiro’s Extreme West Zone, the Pioneering Politics of Inclusion, Struggle, and Resistance That Is Uniting Social Service Institutions with Afro-Brazilian Religious Leaders [IMAGES]
    By Bárbara Dias • Translation by Felix Foot • February 27, 2023
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    By Antonio Alonso, Iamni Torres Jager • Translation by Trisha Ponti • November 1, 2021
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