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[ December 4, 2025 ] Portrait of a Centenary-Old Favela of Stilt Houses: Belém’s Vila da Barca Resists, Organizes and Fights for Sanitation and Adequate Housing #HousingWatch
[ November 30, 2025 ] The Story of Dona Pascoalina, Midwife and Healer of Morro do Borel by Community Contributors
[ November 15, 2025 ] ‘There’s No Such Thing as Normal After a Massacre’: One Week After Police Mega-Operation Kills 121 People, Residents From Complexos do Alemão and Penha Speak Out #UPPWatch
[ November 13, 2025 ] ‘Human Beings Forget That They Are Nature’: Favelas Teach the Path to the Future at the 2nd Favela Sustainability Festival Civil Society
[ November 12, 2025 ] Food Sovereignty and Culinary Heritage Connect with Fight for Climate Justice at the 2nd Sustainable Favela Festival Civil Society

In Brazil, While Army Stockpiles Go to Waste, Chronic Patients Suffer With Lack of Hydroxychloroquine in Rio’s Pharmacies

By Tassia Di Carvalho • Translation by Isaac Goodwin, Yasmin Quaife • October 7, 2022

Clique aqui para Português In March, 2020, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro ordered the army to manufacture 2.8 million hydroxychloroquine pills for the alleged treatment of Covid-19. The order went through without public bidding or authorization by […]

Brazilian Institute of Architects Calls for Protection of the Favelas

By André Balocco, Tassia Di Carvalho • Translation by Ollie Davies • May 10, 2014

For the original by André Balocco and Tássia Di Carvalho in Portuguese in O Dia click here. Brazilian Institute of Architects Council Member proposes law against real estate speculation in the 10th “Rio Without Borders” debate. […]