Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series of articles on Rio de Janeiro’s 2020 municipal elections from a favela perspective. For decades, the political process in municipalities of Greater Rio de Janeiro’s Baixada […]
Clique aqui para Português The gesture of arms in an X across the chest, with closed fists, that went around the world in a photo of Ágatha Félix—an 8-year-old girl who died last year from […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the first installment of a two-part piece looking at a Brazilian Supreme Court case known as “ADPF das Favelas.” It discusses the effects of a legal opinion and a […]
Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article on the new coronavirus as it impacts Rio de Janeiro’s favelas. On May 28, Rio de Janeiro’s branch of Brazil’s national health institute, Fiocruz, through their new […]
Clique aqui para Português Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the office of Rio de Janeiro Governor Wilson Witzel on May 31, protesting the deaths of black and favela youth at the hands of the police. […]