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The Peculiar Story of Rio’s Jailed Governor’s Home Theater, Now at a Home for Minors

By Fabio Leon • Translation by Theodora Saclarides • June 11, 2018

Clique aqui para Português Tinguá is a rather bucolic region of Nova Iguaçu, in Greater Rio de Janeiro, surrounded by hills with dense vegetation and areas of environmental protection. What breaks with this vision of […]

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Nova Iguaçu’s Catholic Church Organizes Meeting On Overcoming Violence

By Fabio Leon • Translation by Júlia Hara Medeiros • March 9, 2018

Clique aqui para Português Overcoming violence is the theme of the 2018 Fraternity Campaign, launched in Rio de Janeiro on February 17 at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Sebastian. The campaign, first created in 1964 by […]

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Catholic Church in Baixada Fluminense Discusses Drug Decriminalization

By Fabio Leon • Translation by Desirée Poets • December 21, 2017

Clique aqui para Português Some people think Catholicism is retrograde and refuses to talk about the complexities of contemporary society. However, two initiatives stemming from social movements linked to the Catholic Church in the Baixada Fluminense region, […]

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African Refugees Relay Their Struggle for Survival in Duque de Caxias

By Fabio Leon • Translation by Lee Weingast • November 7, 2017

Clique aqui para Português Mariza Reis Almeida had already worked for the Duque de Caxias Municipal Education Secretariat in Greater Rio de Janeiro’s Baixada Fluminense region for ten years when she finally received the news she […]

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Baixada Residents and Activists Speak Out About Public Security Hearing Held by Prosecutor’s Office

By Fabio Leon • Translation by Sarah Jacobs • August 11, 2017

Clique aqui para Português On Monday July 31 the Rio de Janeiro Public Prosecutor’s Office held a public hearing to debate the latest security crisis to hit the state of Rio and its impact on […]

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