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Racism and Health in Brazil

By Thamyra Thamara de Araújo, Thiago Ansel • Translation by Lee Weingast • November 25, 2013

For the original by Thamyra Thamara and Thiago Ansel in Portuguese for Observatório de Favelas click here. Racial discrimination is a common theme both in TV dramas and news, which portray occasional attacks or conflicts in […]

Maré Community Debates Impact of Mega Events on the City

By Bruno Rodrigues, Thiago Ansel • Translation by Katy Bailes • October 19, 2011

Original Portuguese article published in Observatório de Favelas. On Friday September 30th, the NGO REDES de Desenvolvimento da Maré (Development Networks for Maré), in partnership with ActionAid and Observatório de Favelas (Favelas Observatory), set up the seminar […]