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[ May 20, 2022 ] Greater Rio de Janeiro Began the Month of April Underwater #VoicesFromSocialMedia #InterventionWatch
[ May 13, 2022 ] “Integrated City?!” New Year, Same Old Politics #InterventionWatch
[ May 10, 2022 ] In an Act of Religious Racism, Arson Destroys Garden of Sacred Herbs Created by Award-Winning Activist and Candomblé Priestess *Highlight
[ May 3, 2022 ] A Multiethnic Community Land Trust With Eminent Domain: Boston’s Dudley Neighbors Incorporated *Highlight
[ April 30, 2022 ] Best and Worst International Reporting on Rio’s Favelas: 2021 [EDITORIAL] #MediaWatch

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Young Leading Human Rights Defenders from Favelas Talk About Marielle Franco

By Matias Maxx • Translation by Jiselle Steele • April 9, 2018

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Matias Maxx published on VICE click here. VICE spoke to black activists and communicators, women, and transgender people from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro […]

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Olympic Park Construction Prevents Candomblé Practitioner from Going Home [IMAGES]

By Matias Maxx • Translation by Wendy Turner • February 18, 2016

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Matias Maxx in Portuguese published in VICE click here. Heloísa Helena Costa Berto, Luizinha of Nanã, is an Afro-Brazilian who has devoted herself to candomblé for over 40 years. […]