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When Priscila Tomas da Silva’s husband lost his job loading trucks because of coronavirus shutdown measures in Sao Paulo, they faced a stark choice:...
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World
Disadvantaged by poverty, unsanitary housing and poor to non-existent health services, the people of Rio de Janeiro’s teeming favelas are preparing for the worst...
World
Hundreds of residents from Rio de Janeiro’s ultra-violent favelas descended on the posh Copacabana beach area Sunday to plead for an end to lethal...
Entertainment
But in Brazil — specifically the largest slum, or favela, called Rocinha — this is a horrifying truth. As this new documentary — directed...
World
The Australian Olympic Committee has upset Rio officials by imposing a ban on their athletes going to the city’s favelas during this year’s Olympic...