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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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