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Sanitation regulation approved in the Senate and sanctioned by Bolsonario aims to increase the participation of private entities in the sector. In the picture, there is Guangu Sewage Treatment Station.
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‘Only Public Management Reduces Inequality in Access to Sanitation,’ Says Researcher

By Eduardo Miranda • Translation by Ikrom Alajoulin • September 24, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article on Covid-19 and its impacts on the favelas. For the original interview published in Portuguese by Eduardo Miranda in Brasil de Fato, click here.  The idea that […]

*Highlight

Black Lives Matter Protest Gathers Hundreds at Rio Governor’s Palace

By Edmund Ruge • June 1, 2020

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. […]

Bolsonaro observes supporters at a rally in Brasilia amid the coronavirus pandemic. Photo - Evaristo Sa, AFP
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Bolsonaro is ‘Threat’ to Fight Against Coronavirus in Brazil, says The Lancet

By BBC Brasil • Translation by Rachel Brabbins • May 13, 2020

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese on BBC News Brazil click here. This is our latest article on the new coronavirus as it impacts Rio de Janeiro’s favelas. A harsh editorial published on […]

#CoronavirusWatch

Coronavirus in Daily Life of Favelas, Part 7: Turano Resident Unmasks the Pandemic’s Structural Racism

By Paulo Jorge Gomes Pereira • Translation by Edmund Ruge • May 3, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This article from Turano favela is the seventh in a series about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on daily life in the favelas. The series is made possible through a […]

Man wearing a white mask with a favela as background. Photo by: Ricardo Moraes/Reuters
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Covid-19 Unmasks the Privilege of Isolation in Rio de Janeiro and All Brazil

By Anouk Aflalo Doré • April 9, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article on the new coronavirus as it impacts Rio de Janeiro’s favelas. “That’s what’s happening. If you don’t create a plan for the peripheries of the whole […]

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