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Photos Show Voting Process in Brazilian Favela of Rocinha As Residents Vote in the 2022 Presidential Runoff Election [IMAGES]

By Alexandre Cerqueira • Translation by Staff • November 11, 2022

Clique aqui para Português In the 2022 presidential runoff election—the most contested Brazilian election since re-democratization—RioOnWatch accompanied voting at the state public school CIEP 303 Ayrton Senna da Silva in the the electoral zone belonging […]

Demonstrators take to the streets to defend Lula's legacy in the favelas. Photo: Bárbara Dias/RioOnWatch
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March in Rio de Janeiro’s Largest Favela, Rocinha, Prefaced Highest Vote Share for Lula in the City [PHOTO-ESSAY]

By Bárbara Dias • Translation by Staff • November 10, 2022

Clique aqui para Português On Saturday afternoon, October 29, a few hours before the 2022 runoff presidential election, as then-candidate Lula marched along Avenida Paulista in São Paulo, Residents of Rio de Janeiro’s largest favela, […]

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Lula Elected President of Brazil in Historic Win Including Critical Rio de Janeiro Favelas

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Clau Guimarães • November 4, 2022

Clique aqui para Português In Rio de Janeiro, Lula beat Bolsonaro in the electoral zones that include the favelas of Complexo do Alemão, Penha, and Maré, as well as City of God, Rio das Pedras […]

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A Fight Has an End, a Struggle Lasts a Lifetime: An Analysis of the 2022 Brazilian Runoff Election [OPINION]

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Staff • October 28, 2022

Clique aqui para Português Poet and writer Sérgio Vaz, founder of the Cultural Cooperative of the Periphery (Cooperifa) and of the Cooperifa Poetry Slam—a movement that turned a bar in the periphery of São Paulo’s […]

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Progressive Churches, Diversity in the Evangelical Vote, and the Fight for Democracy in Rio’s Favelas

By Janaina Tavares • Translation by Fred Hanson • October 26, 2022

Clique aqui para Português In Brazil, progressive evangelicals have been organizing against religious intolerance, racism, and the far-right. The Evangelical Front for the Rule of Law is an example of this: a Christian movement that […]

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    By Amanda Baroni Lopes • Translation by Cristina Fornara • May 26, 2023
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    By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Staff • May 7, 2023

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    By Antonio Alonso, Iamni Torres Jager • Translation by Trisha Ponti • November 1, 2021
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    By Jaqueline Suarez • Translation by Saskia Wright • August 1, 2021

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