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Hunger Is a Feminine Noun, Part 3: In an Urban Quilombo, Women Dream of Returning to Planting

By Angelina Nunes • Translation by Desirée Poets • July 16, 2019

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Angelina Nunes published by Agência Pública click here for the series and here for the article. Photographs by Ana Lúcia Araújo. This is the third article […]

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Anything but ‘Urban Garbage’: Indigenous Resistance, Survival, and Resurgence in Rio de Janeiro

By Désirée Poets • January 12, 2019

Clique aqui para Português On January 4, O Globo reported on the assertion by state representative Rodrigo Amorim (of the far-right Brazilian Social Liberal Party–PSL) that Aldeia Maracanã—an urban indigenous community (aldeia means “village”) in Rio de Janeiro—is […]

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Quilombo do Camorim Cultural Association #SustainableFavelaNetwork [PROFILE]

By Laura Bunn • October 22, 2018

Clique aqui para Português Initiative: Quilombo do Camorim Cultural Association (ACUQCA) Contact: Facebook | Website | Email Year Founded: 2003 Community: Quilombo do Camorim, Jacarepaguá (West Zone) Mission: To revive, preserve, and promote quilombola culture. Public Events: Dance […]

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Not Everyone Has a Price, Part 4: Intimidation and the Critical Turning Point [VIDEO]

By Theresa Williamson • August 24, 2018

Clique aqui para Português This is the fourth article in a six-part series that comprises the book chapter entitled “Not Everyone Has a Price: How the Small Favela of Vila Autódromo’s Fight Opened a Path to Olympic […]

Maria Haydée Alves da Silva, lifelong resident of Vila Hípica
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After 5 Years, Vila Hípica Still Without Electricity in ‘Passive’ Eviction by Federal Authorities

By Tyler Strobl • August 8, 2018

Clique aqui para Português In 2013, the lights were shut off in Vila Hípica, a community settled high in the mountains of Rio de Janeiro’s Tijuca National Park in Alto da Boa Vista. Approximately five years later, […]

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