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In the Favela of City of God, Pioneering Elderly Day Care ‘Casa de Santa Ana’ Has Fought the Isolation and Confinement of Seniors for 30 Years

By Amanda Baroni Lopes • Translation by Yasmin Quaife • August 27, 2025

Clique aqui para Português Established in 1988, initially to offer religious support to a group of 20 elderly residents of City of God, in Rio de Janeiro’s West Zone, Casa de Santa Ana (Santa Ana’s […]

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Memory of Pride: Arts Occupation ‘Night of the Stars’ Pays Homage to the Legacy of LGBTQIAPN+ Resistance in Maré [IMAGES]

By Amanda Baroni Lopes • Translation by Staff • July 8, 2023

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article in a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University, to produce articles for the Digital Brazil Project on water issues and the […]

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Rio de Janeiro’s ‘Governor of Massacres’ as an Affront to the ‘Right to the Favela’

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Staff • May 7, 2023

Clique aqui para Português The ‘right to the favela’—a social, political and pedagogical position in defense of the right to life, development, and rootedness in the favelas—is disrupted daily by the ‘right to public security’ […]

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Abandoned Rivers and Frequent Floods Disrupt Essential Social Projects and Residents’ Lives in Manguinhos

By Juliana Pinho • Translation by Angus Beazley • February 2, 2023

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article in a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University, to produce articles for the Digital Brazil Project on water issues and the LGBTQIAP+ […]

Bangu soup kitchen. Photo: Marco Antônio Rezende/Rio City Government
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Rio’s Government-Run Public Restaurants Are Unhygienic and Offer Insufficient Portions

By Tassia Di Carvalho • Translation by Isaac Goodwin • December 28, 2022

Clique aqui para Português A spoonful of rice, a spoonful of beans, half a spoonful of offal, some chard leaves, an orange, and a glass of a powdered soft drink served on a small, shallow […]

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