Author: Cecilia do Lago

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Adeus, Moinho! Inside The Controversial Dismantling Of São Paulo’s Last Slum

The main street of the Moinho slum in São Paulo.
The main street of the Moinho slum in São Paulo.

Efforts to evict a São Paulo community for a new headquarters gained the president’s attention.

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Ghost Candidates Expose Brazil’s Broken Gender Quota System

City councillor Isabel Silveira dos Santos, right, stands with her communications adviser in front of a wall honoring past council members — nearly all men — at Osório Town Council. She was elected in 2024, following two terms without a female councillor. In Brazil, fraudulent “ghost” candidacies often undermine gender quotas.

Decades after the country introduced quotas, phantom candidacies and political deals still stifle women’s representation.

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