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A Quilo: Revolution on a Scale
Born in a mineiro lunch rush, the “a quilo” buffet reshaped Brazil’s urban culture long before New York’s delis stumbled into a parallel version.
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The grammar of walls, wheels, and rebellion.
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Solimões: When the River Learns to Say No
In Brazil’s tri-border Amazon, the Solimões carries cocaine, fear, and forgotten governance. But what if the same current that feeds the drug war could be hired for something else?
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Roadkills: The Fast Lane to Extinction
From the world’s largest rodents to endangered anteaters, Brazil’s highways are erasing its wildlife in real time. The fast lane to progress has become the road to extinction.
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“Um Inimigo do Povo”: When Lisbon’s Immigrants Step Onstage to Tell Their Own Story
Marco Martins turns a police raid in Mouraria into a multilingual act of resistance.
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From Drums to Diplomas: How Mangueira Is Turning a Samba School into a University
In Rio’s legendary favela of Mangueira, education and rhythm are colliding in the most radical way: the samba school that taught Brazil to dance is now teaching its people to dream differently.
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The Rodeo, the Fintech, the Façade: When Brazil’s “Good Life” Becomes a Crime Scene
How the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) is reinventing itself as agro-entrepreneur, influencer and money-manager.
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Brazil's Holy War Is Run by Cops Who Deal Drugs
The politicians screaming about "law and order" in Rio are literally on the payroll of armed gangs. And it gets so much worse.
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These Portuguese Cartoon Vandals Are Aging Like Expired Milk and Loving Every Second
Germes Gang treats adulthood like a narc at a house party — ignore it long enough and maybe it’ll leave.
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Rio's Drug Lords Are Banning Weed Near Schools — And They'll Shoot You If You Don't Like It
When traffickers start caring more about kids' education than the government does, you know shit's fu**ed.
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The Economy of Stunts: When Culture Leaves No Trace
Prada and Red Bull prove again that spectacle is easy—community is harder. Watch the aesthetic gentrification of sport.
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Funk on Trial: Brazil’s War Against Its Own Soundtrack
Politicians want to criminalize baile funk. Young Black artists say it’s not just about music—it’s about erasing an entire culture.
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From Brasília to the Amazon, the Coup Crowd Runs With the Cartel
Congress wants to pardon “innocent patriots.” But inside the mob were men taking orders from Brazil’s biggest criminal faction.