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How a Favela in Rio Is Dealing with Mental Health Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic
Empty streets, full minds. The fear of the new coronavirus occupies the thoughts of ...
In Brazil, the Tough Condition of Maids Gets Tougher amid Pandemic
Instead of doing the cooking for the family she works for, Nilza de Jesus ...
Badly Hit by Covid-19, Brazil and Latin America May Become Trapped in a Gig Economy
Coronavirus has hit the healthcare systems and societies of the global south even harder ...
How Romanticization of the Past Makes Portugal Deny Its Racism and Reality of Colonialism
The slogan: “Portugal is a country of gentle manners” was crafted by Portugal’s former ...
How Brazilian Blacks Were Conditioned Through Generations to Ignore Their Blackness
The great debate in the US, these days, seems to revolve around whether rioting ...
Amid Covid-19, App with Facial Recognition Gets Food and Money to Brazil Favelas
As Brazil faces one of the worst Covid-19 outbreaks in the world, a smartphone ...
Brazil’s 13 Million Favela Residents Forced to Fight Coronavirus by Themselves
When the novel coronavirus began spreading in Brazil, it was predominantly wealthy people who ...
Trying Social Distancing in a Brazil That Doesn’t Believe in Personal Space Boundaries
Here in Brazil, like the rest of the world, we are under lockdown. Every ...
A Personal Account of a Rio Favela Resident on His Dealing with Coronavirus
This report from Vila Autódromo is the first in a series by favela residents ...
Brazil Was Ready for Bad Weather. With Coronavirus It Got the Perfect Storm
April would have been a busy month for Brazilian hospitals anyway. As the population ...