Tag: pandemic
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 ...
Resurgence of Covid-19 in Brazil’s Amazon Dashes Hopes of Herd Immunity
The largest city in Brazil’s Amazon has closed bars and river beaches to contain ...
Rio Carnaval Will Have to Wait for Green Light from the Coronavirus
Rio de Janeiro’s world famous Carnaval parade will not take place in February 2021 ...
Brazil’s Guardians of the Forest: a Story of Bravery and Blood
If we ask Olimpio Santos Guajajara when the Guardians of the Forest were founded, ...
With Close to 1,000 Deaths, Brazil Indians Get an App to Keep Track of Covid-19
Indigenous and environmental organizations in Brazil launched an app aimed at alerting indigenous communities ...
We Don’t Want Alms or Glass Beads, But Respect, Says Brazilian Indigenous Leader
Interview with indigenous chief Alvaro Tukano on the situation of indigenous peoples in Brazil ...
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 ...
Brazil’s Coronavirus Hunger Games: Indigenous Communities and Their Struggle for Survival
With coronavirus infections steeply rising, Brazil is now the second placed country in the ...
While the World Deals with the Pandemic, Brazil Is Destroying the Amazon at a Fast Pace
The Amazon fires of 2019 drove the greatest single year loss of Brazilian forest ...
Remain at Home, Say Authorities. But Favela Residents in Brazil Aren’t Allowed Such a Luxury
The novel coronavirus pandemic has led authorities to close borders, it has impeded circulation ...
