Brazzil Magazine

Wrapped in the Brazilian flag, black man participates in the Black Conscience March, in São Paulo | NurPhoto/PA Images

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 ...

CUFA volunteers distribute food parcels to favela residents in Brazil | Daniel de Araújo / Avda Produções

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 ...

Complexo do Alemão in Rio's North Zone

In Rio, Divided Between Two Worlds: North Zone and South Zone

I was 21 years old and a recent college graduate when I decided to ...

A woman in a favela in São Paulo holds up a facemask (Reuters/A. Perobelli)

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 ...

Brazilian Indian chief, Paulinho Paiakan, dies victim of Covid 19 - Photo: Mídia Ninja

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 ...

Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, rides a horse while meeting fans.

Brazil and US: The Unmasked Leaders

It’s a masked world. One man wearing a mask is odd. He could be ...

A father kisses her daughter in Pedacinho do Céu (Little Piece of Heaven), one of the highest points of Turano favela. Photo: Fabrício Mota

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 ...