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Black Brazilian Women Take Gold at the 2024 Olympic Games, Part 2: Community and Public Investments Take Favelas to the Olympics, With or Without Medals

Clique aqui para Português This is Part 2 of a two-part article on the achievements of representation for Black Brazilian women at the 2024 Olympics. The Olympic achievements of Beatriz Souza, Rebeca Andrade, Ana Patrícia […]

Resident of Morro do Salgueiro, in São Gonçalo (RJ), 14-year-old Black Youth Shot Inside Relative’s House

By Leonardo Coelho • Translation by Edmund Ruge • May 21, 2020

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Leonardo Coelho published in Ponte Jornalismo click here. The teen João Pedro Matos Pinto, 14 years old, was killed with a shot to the […]

Rio Behind on Olympic Promise to Plant 24 Million Trees

By Blair Cameron • February 28, 2014

Clique aqui para Português Rio de Janeiro is falling behind on its promise to plant 24 million trees to offset the carbon emissions produced as a result of hosting the 2016 Olympic Games. According to […]