“Boca has helped people on the street become visible, given us a voice. We write about what’s bothering us. We talk about violence against women, we talk about police violence, we talk about our difficulty in getting access to healthcare.” Another great piece from @constancemalleret.bsky.social

“Little Monsters wearing extravagant outfits in homage to Gaga had overrun Rio in the days leading up to Saturday, infusing the city with an out-of-season carnival atmosphere,” reports @constancemalleret.bsky.social

In Rio's favelas, locals have set up unconventional museums which put the onus on the memories and stories of the local community - challenging the received idea of what a museum is and who it serves. My story for @csmonitor.bsky.social

In Rio's favelas, locals have set up unconventional museums which put the onus on the memories and stories of the local community - challenging the received idea of what a museum is and who it serves. My story for @csmonitor.bsky.social

Yesterday, Brazilian labour prosecutors charged Volkswagen with subjecting farm workers to slavery-like conditions on a farm it owned in the Amazon during the military dictatorship. I wrote all about the case last year for NACLA nacla.org/slave-labor-...

Published on the Guardian today, my interview with Indigenous filmmaker Priscila Tapajowara www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

I have a tendency for sentimental nostalgia and the saddest thing about definitively leaving Twitter (sorry, X) is bidding goodbye to my banner photo, a decade-old pic of 19-yr-old me crossing the Costa Rica-Panama border on foot. I'd basically stopped posting there anyway