CU Boulder sociologist Molly Todd finds that community newspapers were vital for people living in Brazil’s favelas during the COVID-19 pandemic When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Rio de Janeiro in early ...
If you’ve been reading our blog lately you’d be forgiven for thinking that Brazil’s favelas are brimming with cocaine-fuelled criminals. However, there are some people working to show that it isn’t ...
As Brazil prepares to host COP30, residents of Rio de Janeiro's favelas are mobilizing to make sure the voices of the world's informal settlements aren't left out of global climate talks. The 2025 ...
It was a sunny September morning in Rio de Janeiro's Parque Arará favela and volunteers were preparing plants to be placed on Reginaldo Gomes da Silva's roof. Students from both the neighborhood ...
*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. When the coronavirus first emerged, it seemed like a distant threat to Brazil and the country's sprawling and impoverished ...