2022 RETROSPECTIVE Best and Worst International Reporting on Rio de Janeiro’s Favelas [EDITORIAL] - RioOnWatch

VIDEO Sustainable Favela Network 5th Annual Full-Network Meet-Up: Connecting, Planning and Ancestry in Morro do Salgueiro - Sustainable Favela Network

MINISTRIES Victories and Contradictions in Lula’s Transition of Brazil’s New Government Ministries - Tatiana Lima, RioOnWatch

REPRESENTATION ‘Blackiteracy’ and the Empowered Rê Tinta Anti-Racist Comics - Tassia Di Carvalho, RioOnWatch

VIDEO REPORT Black Santas and the Importance of Representation at Christmas: Favela Mundo Engages Children from Three Rio Favelas - Tassia Di Carvalho, RioOnWatch

LITERATURE AS HUMAN RIGHT The Work of Literacy Mediators in 20 Community Libraries of Greater Rio de Janeiro - Janaina Tavares, RioOnWatch

ORIGINAL FAVELA Brazil’s First Favela Celebrates 125th Anniversary With Celebratory Breakfast and Discussion Among Elders - Juliana Pinho, RioOnWatch

ANTI-RACIST HUMOR Three Powerful Comedians from a New Generation of Black Brazilian Artists - Tassia Di Carvalho, RioOnWatch

WHERE´S THE WATER? Maré Favela Residents Report No Water for Over Two Weeks - Juliana Pinho, RioOnWatch

#EvictionWatch Days Before Christmas, Court Orders Eviction of the Luiz Gama Occupation in Downtown Rio de Janeiro - Vinícius Ribeiro, RioOnWatch

HUNGER HURTS Rio’s Government-Run Public Restaurants Are Unhygienic and Offer Insufficient Portions -Tassia Di Carvalho, RioOnWatch

MEMORIAL FOR GUN VIOLENCE VICTIMS Art and bullets in a sprawling Rio favela - Anne Vigna, Le Monde

NEW DATA ‘2nd Bulletin on Racism and Violence in the Baixada Fluminense’ Focused on Murders of Children in the Greater Rio de Janeiro Region - Fábio Leon, RioOnWatch

UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Lula Becomes Brazil’s President, With Bolsonaro in Florida - Jack Nicas and Andre Spigariol, New York Times

INSIDE THE AMERICAS Lula's comeback: The fight to reunite Brazil - Genie Godula, France24

NEW HORIZONS Lula’s new cabinet, a ‘resistance’ to Bolsonaro’s fascism - Karen Juanita Carrillo, Amsterdam News

POLITICAL TRANSITION Lula Announces New Brazilian Ministerial Cabinet Members - Telesur

PRESENTING MINISTER ANIELLE With a speech of resistance and priorities, Anielle Franco takes office as Minister of Racial Equality - Bruno Sena, Agência Amazônia

INTERVIEW “We Still Have a Lot of Struggles Ahead”: A Conversation with Anielle Franco - Keisha-Khan Y. Perry, NACLA

TRANSVERSALITY "Never again will Brazil without us": Sônia Guajajara and Anielle Franco take office in a joint ceremony - Carolina Fasolo, ISA

FINDINGS OF TRANSITION TEAM Brazil’s public services face ‘very real threat of collapse’, says Lula - Andrew Downie, The Guardian

TENSE HORIZON Lula faces uphill battle trying to 'disarm' Brazil  - Reuters

TIME TO PAY A big tent helped Lula win. But it could hamper his agenda - Amanda Audi, The Brazilian Report

CHALLENGES AHEAD The challenges Lula will face in dealing with Congress - Amanda Audi, The Brazilian Report

RESPONSES TO TERROR FROM A FAVELA PERSPECTIVE Permissiveness for the Self-Described ‘Patriots.’ Bullets for the Favelas. What #VoicesFromSocialMedia Say About the Brasília Attacks - Tatiana Lima, RioOnWatch 

CONSPIRACY BUBBLE What Drove a Mass Attack on Brazil’s Capital? Mass Delusion - Jack Nicas, New York Times

OPINION The Pro-Bolsonaro Riot Is Part of a Global Contagion - Moisés Naím, Politico

"WE WILL DIE FOR BRAZIL": How a Far-Right Mob Tried to Oust Lula - Jack Nicas and Simon Romero, New York Times

NOT A SURPRISE Brasília riots were a long time in the making - Cedê Silva, Brazilian Report

INTERNAL ENEMY Lula says he suspects pro-Bolsonaro staff helped mob enter presidential palace - Tom Phillips, Guardian

DIPLOMATIC KERFUFLE Why Bolsonaro Fled Brazil and What the U.S. Can Do About It - Sanya Mansoor, Time

AFTER ATTACKS Texas Democrat calls for US authorities to extradite Bolsonaro back to Brazil - Lauren Sforza, The Hill

YOUR SNEAKERS Workers denounce low wages and illness at Brazilian factories of Adidas, Nike, Puma products - Lidiane Blanco and Patrícia Lima, Repórter Brasil

RENTAL KIDS? Hunger sees return of child labor and renting children in Brazil - Amanda Audi, Lucas Berti, André Chiavassa, Julia Laüer and Marine Resse, The Brazilian Report

LITERARY TREASURE ‘Their vision needs to be shared’: the tiny shop championing the literature of the Amazon - Melissa Godin, The Guardian

YANOMAMIS ARE WORRIED Gold Mining Thugs Cut “Road to Chaos” Through Amazonian Preserve - Tom Phillips, Mother Jones

UNTAPPED POTENTIAL Brazil could yet become a green energy giant - Ana Ferraz, The Brazilian Report

PARANÁ RIVER BASIN DROUGHT  In Brazil’s agricultural heartland, rivers run dry as monoculture advances - Ana Ionova, Mongabay

INPE DATA  Deforestation accelerated in Brazil while climate talks were underway in Egypt - Mongabay

WETLAND CONSERVATION Brazil’s Pantanal is at risk of collapse, scientists say - Sharon Guynup, Mongabay

AT RISK Deforestation of Brazilian savanna surged 25% in a year - Reuters