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Heloisa Helena Costa Berto

Urgent Letter to International Journalists and Organizations: Afro-Brazilian Religions Under Attack

Clique aqui para Português The letter below, recently circulated among [...]

October 11, 2017

Letter from Vila Autódromo’s Heloisa Helena to the UN Human Rights Commission

Clique aqui para Português This is a letter from Heloisa Helena Costa [...]

March 23, 2016

Candomblé Priestess in Vila Autódromo Received Death Threats to Make Way for 2016 Olympics

Clique aqui para Português This is the second letter sent by Heloisa [...]

February 23, 2016

Candomblé Practitioner from Vila Autódromo Describes the Terror of the Eviction Process

Clique aqui para Português Vila Autódromo evictee, Heloisa Helena [...]

September 17, 2015