Poverty
Brazil Slum Uses Green Solution to Treat Its Waste and Sewerage
A small slum in the midst of Rio de Janeiro’s scenic Tijuca Forest has ...
Brazil Cuts 5 Million People from Its Popular Social Program Bolsa Família
Since de-facto Brazilian President Michel Temer took office in August 2016, a total of ...
São Paulo’s Mayor Finds a Solution for Malnutrition in Schools: Human Pet Food
Brazilian prosecutors are probing a plan proposed by São Paulo Mayor João Doria that ...
The Billions Stolen by Brazilian Politicians Are Hurting the Country’s Poorest
Brazil is currently facing its worst recession in decades while corruption allegations consume the ...
G20 Is Not a Total Disaster. Brazil Is an Inspiration for Work Against Poverty
Suffering, starvation, mass displacement: Is the fight against extreme poverty, illness and war hopeless? ...
São Paulo Destroys Crackland and Offers Instead Forced Hospitalization for Drug Addicts
On May 21, 500 civil and military police descended on the downtown São Paulo ...
São Paulo’s Answer to Drugs: Police, Tractors and Forced Treatment
Last Sunday, São Paulo authorities dramatically deployed a “new” approach to dealing with drug ...
For Decades, Brazil Favelas’ Military Invasions Have Been Proven Useless. And Still They Continue
On March 25 2017, two professors from Rio de Janeiro’s Federal University accompanied a ...
Heroes or Thugs? They Invade Brazil’s Abandoned Buildings to Get Affordable Housing
Behind a heavy metal gate and walls painted with murals of revolutionary icon ...
When Housing Rights for Brazil’s Poor Clash with Drinkable Water for 5 Million
On the fringes of São Paulo, hundreds of makeshift dwellings fashioned from discarded ...
