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Brazil’s Americanas stores to deliver food purchases to favelas
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - One year after taking the online commerce of goods into seven Brazilian favelas, the giant Americanas wants to repeat...
Activist and entrepreneur raised in Brazilian favela is new “Miss Germany”
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Activist, entrepreneur and actress Domitila Barros is the new "Miss Germany." The 37-year-old contestant was elected on Saturday evening...
Brazil: Operation against cargo theft leaves 8 dead in a Rio de Janeiro favela
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A joint operation by the Military Police of Rio de Janeiro with agents of the Federal Police and the...
Rio de Janeiro state police operation to regain control of favelas
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The operation, which began at dawn, is part of a permanent effort to increase police presence and improve services...
Brazil’s mega operation to take back favelas
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Early on Wednesday morning, 1,200 heavily armed police officers stormed the slum in the north of Rio de Janeiro,...
Favela Museum in São Paulo will share management of Rio’s Museum of Tomorrow
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Institute of Development and Management (IDG), which manages the Museu do Amanhã (Museum of Tomorrow) in Rio de...
Brazil: The entrepreneur who founded the “Favela Stock Exchange”
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - From a young age, Gilson Rodrigues heard that he was fated to be part of "people who are no...
Rio de Janeiro Prosecutor’s office charges two police officers involved in Jacarezinho favela massacre
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to the complaint published by the Prosecutor's Office, the two agents will answer for the murder of Omar...
Favelas double in Brazil in 10 years; 20 million residents are going hungry
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In total, over half (55%) of Brazilians suffered from some type of food insecurity (severe, moderate or mild) in...
Brazil’s favelas are Loja Americanas’ next e-commerce frontier
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Americanas (AMER3) is expanding parcel delivery to the favelas, trying to make its mark among an underserved audience of...
Brazil’s favelas will have mass vaccination against Covid-19 for the first time
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Hope has taken hold of Maré. The largest complex of favelas in Rio de Janeiro had this Thursday, July...
Rio municipal guard kills three in Vigário Geral favela
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A municipal guard killed three people and wounded three others after an altercation in a bar in the Vigário...
Brazilian social construction startup offers affordable renovation of favela homes
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Vivenda, a social startup that emerged in 2014 as a home renovation company in the periphery and favelas of...
In the pandemic, favela residents of largest Brazilian cities changed health habits
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The pandemic of the new coronavirus has changed the health care habits of the inhabitants of the favelas with...