Tag: Rio

Perched on a platform 20ft above the bar sat a bedraggled man hunched over a pipe organ, the like of which might have graced a cathedral. Illustration by Gareth Mason

The Adventures of a Bored Journalist in the Magical Lands of Brazil and Latin America

With a population of more than 2.5 million, Manaus is by far the largest ...

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Gareth Mason
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Candidates backed by Brazil's Bolsonaro sink in local elections

President Bolsonaro and the Workers Party the Big Losers in Brazil Elections

Shaken by the world’s second deadliest coronavirus outbreak and a deep economic crisis, Brazilians ...

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Anthony Boadle
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Taina Rosa (left) and Lauana Nara, candidates in this week's municipal elections, want more Black women in office. | Credit: Dokttor Bhu Bhu and Allan Calisto

It’s Been a Hard Fight, But Black Women Are Gaining Space in Brazilian Politics

“When she was murdered, the Black women’s movement dealt with this collective trauma by ...

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Bruna Pereira and Macarena Aguilar
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Rio Carnaval's float - Tomaz Silva/Agência Brasil

Rio Calls Off Carnaval and New Year’s Celebrations Till There Is a Vaccine for Covid-19

There will be no Carnaval street parties in Rio de Janeiro next year. The ...

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Douglas Correa
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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 ...

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Caleb Guedes-Reed
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In Rio, Afro-Brazilian faiths are increasingly under attack by evangelicals

Brazilian Evangelical Gangs Go to War Against Afro-Brazilian Faiths, in the Name of God

The expression “evangelical drug trafficker” may sound incongruous, but in the Brazilian city of ...

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Robert Muggah
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Generation Amazing, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and Flamengo FC officials with participants of soccer classes for poor kids in Rio.

Qatar’s Generation Amazing Reaches Out to Poor Kids in Rio

Two former Brazil footballers have been teaching soccer to poor children in Rio de ...

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Anthony Harwood
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Ballerina Camila Rodrigues takes a little break. Photo by Conor Stratton

A Ballerina’s Tale: From Brazil’s City of Steel to the Spotlights of the World

There are two types of persons in the world: the ones who believe they ...

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Alicia Brandão
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Rio's National Museum after the fire that burned it all - Tânia Rêgo/ABr

Brazil Teaches that Museums Can Be Quite Ephemeral

On September 2, the National Museum of Brazil lit up Rio de Janeiro’s night ...

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Chip Colwell
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Firefighters try to extinguish the fire on Rio's National Museum - Tânia Rêgo/ABr

Rio’s National Museum: 200 Years of Brazilian Memory, Culture Devoured by Neglect and Fire

A massive fire raced through Brazil’s 200-year-old National Museum in Rio de Janeiro on ...

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National Museum, Rio, King John VI, Michel Temer, 1818, memory, history, human fossil
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