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Grassroots Movements Across Brazil Launch Campaign to Guarantee Food to 223,000 Families Impacted by Covid-19

By Angela Boldrini • Translation by Clau Guimarães • March 24, 2021

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article on Covid-19 and its impacts on the favelas. For the original article in Portuguese, written by Angela Boldrini and published in Folha de São Paulo, click here. On […]

#MarielleLegacy

3 Years Since Her Killing, the Legacy of Marielle Franco is Black Women on the Frontline of Change

By Anielle Franco • Translation by Gianna Giordani • March 14, 2021

Clique aqui para Português Published in Portuguese on March 8, International Women’s Day, and in English today, March 14, the third anniversary of the assassination of iconic activist and City Councillor Marielle Franco, this article […]

Photo: Cainan Xavier
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Homelessness in Times of Covid: ‘We Are Faces and Stories, But We Are Invisible’ #Brazils Part 1—South

By Ariel Freitas • Translation by Sarah Jacobs • March 8, 2021

Clique aqui para Português This is the first article in a five-part series, published in Portuguese by favela-based online magazine Favela em Pauta and titled “Brazils: Stories of the Periphery in the Pandemic.” Each essay […]

The entrance of the Vito Giannotti occupation with the symbols of the social movements fighting for housing and responsible for its organization
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The Vito Giannotti Occupation’s Struggle to Guarantee Accessible Housing in Downtown Rio

By Tarcyla Fidalgo • Translation by Constance Malleret • February 23, 2021

Clique aqui para Português This is the first of two articles on the struggle of two projects for affordable housing in Rio de Janeiro’s Port Region, situated in the city’s downtown Centro. Despite being an area that […]

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No Rio de Janeiro Carnival in 2021: Voices of Carnival Workers in Acari and Beyond

By Ingra Maciel • Translation by Pilar Boyero • February 22, 2021

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article about Covid-19 and its impacts on the favelas. Since their beginnings, the popular history of Rio de Janeiro’s samba schools was built on the ritual of sociability […]

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