Porto Alegre is the capital city of the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. According to the 2010 census, nearly 80 percent of the city’s population identified as white. —Eds.
In Portuguese, “passinhos.” Passinho is an urban dance style that emerged in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.
Brizadeiro is a candy made of chocolate, condensed milk, and weed.
The PCC (Primeiro Comando da Capital, or Capital’s First Commando) is one of the largest criminal organizations in Brazil. With operations mainly in the state of São Paulo, the faction is also present in almost all Brazilian states, in addition to neighboring countries. The military intervention refers to the federal intervention in Rio de Janeiro in 2018, imposed by the then-president of Brazil, Michel Temer, who ordered the national army to assume the role of the police forces in that state.
“Ana C.” refers to the late Brazilian poet Ana Cristina Cesar.
Iansã is an orisha, or deity, worshiped in Afro-Brazilian religions.
