Clique aqui para Português This is the fifth article in an ongoing series on the Brazilian electoral political scene in 2018. As we saw in the previous article, party dynamics often confuse voters. This confusion extends to […]
Clique aqui para Português For over two centuries, presiding political, academic, and cultural authorities have classified low-income urban neighborhoods as “slums.” The history of this term and the communities on which it has been imposed extends […]
Clique aqui para Português Defining a favela is a difficult task. Residents and researchers have identified the many differences that exist both between and within favelas to make us break away from generalizations and common […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the fourth article in an ongoing series on the Brazilian electoral political scene in 2018. The multiplicity of political parties in Brazil and their weak ideological cohesion often leads voters […]
Clique aqui para Português Six years ago, the 51 available City Council seats in Rio de Janeiro were all up for grabs in the 2012 election and 1,741 candidates were vying for votes. Each voter could […]