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    About 8.000 homeless families invaded private lot in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo - Photo: MTST

    In São Paulo, Brazil, Everyone Will Have a Home in… 120 Years

    Once a proud symbol of resistance to racial segregation, a shabby square in São ...

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    Karla Mendes
    Sewerage biodigester in Vale Encantado favela in Rio - Claire Lepercq/CatComm-RioOnWatch

    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 ...

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    Karla Mendes
    Slave work in Brazil is far from over

    New Labor Rules Will Make Slave Work Still More Common in Brazil

    Victims of slave labor in Brazil are less likely to be rescued following a ...

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    Karla Mendes
    Women at Avenida Paulista protest rape - Rovena Rosa/ABr

    São Paulo Joins New Delhi as World’s Worst Megacity for Women Rape

    Five years after the fatal gang rape of a student on a bus in ...

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    Nita Bhalla and Karla Mendes
    A Brazilian Indian demonstrates in Brasília - Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters

    Brazilian Indians Losing the Few Rights They Conquered in the Last Few Years

    A ten-year anniversary of the United Nation’s landmark recognition of indigenous rights finds slow ...

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    Karla Mendes
    Looking for gold

    The Gold Rush in the Amazon Is Poisoning Fish and People with Mercury

    Holding a plastic bottle of toxic mercury with his bare hands on an illegal ...

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    Chris Arsenault and Karla Mendes