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Black Santas and the Importance of Representation at Christmas: Favela Mundo Engages Children from Three Rio Favelas [VIDEO]

By Tassia Di Carvalho • Translation by Staff • December 25, 2022

 Clique aqui para Português This video report (with English subtitles) shows the importance of representation for the empowerment of black children in Brazil. At Favela Mundo’s Christmas party, the greatest gift is nourishing the […]

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Brazil’s First Favela Celebrates 125th Anniversary With Celebratory Breakfast and Discussion Among Elders

By Juliana Pinho • Translation by Yasmin Quaife • December 13, 2022

Clique aqui para Português On Saturday November 16, the Providência Gallery Project—founded in 2017 and located in the Leonel de Moura Brizola Popular Market—organized a breakfast to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Brazil’s first favela, […]

Photomontage created by Carta Capital magazine shows Lula wearing the CPX cap on the left and Bolsonaro on the right
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The Criminalization of Favelas: Origins of Electoral Fake News About the CPX Acronym and Consequences of its Dissemination

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Clau Guimarães, Isaac Goodwin • October 29, 2022

Clique aqui para Português The three-letter abbreviation for the favelas of Complexo do Alemão, “CPX,” was used by Brazil’s far-right to produce fake news that associated Lula and favela residents with organized crime. With less […]

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Favelão: Political Voice and Favela Journalism Ahead of Its Time

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Zaira Apolinario Chaplin • October 4, 2022

Clique aqui para Português Favelão—The Voice of Favelados, a newspaper from the 1980s preserves the memory of political communication in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas and their resistance against forced evictions. “Those who live in favelas […]

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Funk as a Humanitarian Tool in Rio’s Favelas

By Emerson Caetano • Translation by Clau Guimarães, Sofi-Nicole Barreiro • May 27, 2022

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series created in partnership with the Center for Critical Studies in Language, Education, and Society (NECLES), at the Fluminense Federal University (UFF), to produce articles to be […]

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