Clique aqui para Português On the Brazilian holiday of October 12—the Day of Our Lady of Conception—a rally in support of presidential candidate Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva took place on Itararé Road, one of […]
Clique aqui para Português This article is the latest contribution to our award-winning reporting project, Rooting Anti-Racism in the Favelas: Deconstructing Social Narratives About Racism in Rio de Janeiro. We hear about “right” and “left” all the time. […]
Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series of articles on Rio de Janeiro’s 2020 municipal elections from a favela perspective. Amidst the grief of, officially, 12,268 deaths by Covid-19 and 120,802 cases […]
Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article on Covid-19 as it impacts Rio de Janeiro’s favelas. On July 1, contributors to the book Coronavirus and Cities in Brazil: Reflections During the Pandemic hosted […]
Clique aqui para Português On October 28th, Brazil elected its next president, far-right nationalist Jair Bolsonaro of the Social Liberal Party (PSL), in a decisive victory over Workers’ Party (PT) candidate Fernando Haddad. Remarkably, Bolsonaro forged his […]