
The Brazilian Health System and Importing Doctors
Many friends have asked for my opinion on the proposal to bring foreign doctors to work in regions of the interior of Brazil and the poorest areas. It’s one of these complex issues where any […]
Many friends have asked for my opinion on the proposal to bring foreign doctors to work in regions of the interior of Brazil and the poorest areas. It’s one of these complex issues where any […]
At around 11am on Wednesday May 15th, Maria de Conceição, 57, was taking a shower in her wood and corrugated iron home in the Bandeira 1 favela in Del Castilho, North Zone, when she heard […]
For the original in Portuguese by Cecília Oliveira on Arma Branca click here. Does citizenship have a post code? This question may seem absurd for some, yet spot-on for others, and it is what favela […]
Cidade de Deus, Rio’s most famous West Zone favela, was made (in)famous thanks to the book and international blockbuster by the same name, City of God. The community today is occupied by a Pacifying Policy Unit […]