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Coronavirus Pandemic Exposes Rio’s Longstanding Water and Sanitation Issues

By Sophie-Anne Monplaisir • April 20, 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 […]

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Coronavirus in the Daily Life of Favelas, Part 2: Three Weeks of Quarantine in Jardim Edda, São Paulo [IMAGES]

By Antonia Sousa • Translation by The Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies • April 15, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This photo-essay, from Jardim Edda in the South Zone of São Paulo, is the second in a series about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on daily life in the favelas. […]

Carlos Augusto Jacob plays guitar on his rooftop on the Tabajaras hill. Photo: Gabriel de Paiva / Agência O Globo
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Favela Residents, Confined to Homes, Use Rooftops as Offices and Even Gyms

By Geraldo Ribeiro • Translation by Cormac Whitney Low • April 12, 2020

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Geraldo Ribeiro published in Extra click here. This is our latest article on the new coronavirus as it impacts Rio de Janeiro’s favelas and in partnership […]

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Amid Pandemic, Rio’s Favela Residents Struggle to Put Food on the Table

By Gustavo Goulart, Rafael Galdo, Rafael Nascimento de Souza • Translation by Sarah Jacobs • April 11, 2020

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Gustavo Goulart, Rafael Galdo, and Rafael Nascimento de Souza published in Extra click here. This is our latest article on the new coronavirus as it […]

A caveirão rolls through the streets of Acari during a police operation on April 6. Photo - Fala Akari Collective, Facebook
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After Brief Peace in Quarantine, Violent Policing Returns to Rio Favelas

By Edmund Ruge • April 10, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article on the new coronavirus as it impacts Rio de Janeiro’s favelas. For a full two weeks, the global Covid-19 pandemic seemed enough to curb police violence […]

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