favelas

March 31, 2020
Nicole Froio

Favelas in Brazil are not equipped to prevent the spreading threat of COVID-19. 

March 27, 2018
Rafaela Cardoso and Margit Ystanes

What does the assassination of Rio de Janeiro councilmember Marielle Franco—a prominent LGBTQI activist and socialist, outspoken critic of the police, and Rio’s only black councilmember—mean for the future of Brazil?

November 8, 2017
Jennifer Chisholm

How favela residents in Rio are fighting back against threats of eviction by forging new identities based on ecological preservation.

April 16, 2014
Brian Mier

As the World Cup approaches, Rio's favelas experience new versions of neoliberal development, complete with gentrification, private security, and failed public transportation. 

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