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Stories that unveil silences

DIVERGENTE is a digital magazine of narrative journalism.
The world isn’t black or white, the journalism we do isn’t either.

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FOR YOU, PORTUGAL, I SWEAR!

Documentary
50 years after the Portuguese Colonial War, surviving African Commandos from Guinea, forced to fight for the colonizers, demand justice for their stolen youth. This film was based on the DIVERGENTE magazine feature with the same name.
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The non-voter time bomb

Data journalism

Data-driven investigative journalism offering a visual breakdown of voter abstention across the European Union. Report on ten parishes with the lowest voter turnout in Portugal.

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Border of fear

MULTIMEDIA REPORTING
A feature on policing in ghettoized neighbourhoods, the people who live there and the police who work out there.
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Hidden away, these women also made the Revolution

MULTIMEDIA REPORTING

The story of 25 April 1974, the date of Portugal’s revolution, is nearly always told by military, poets and leaders of parties. Always men. Women, who were also on the frontline in the fight against fascism, have been sidelined.

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FOR YOU, PORTUGAL, I SWEAR!

MULTIMEDIA REPORTING
During the Portuguese Colonial War, thousands of Africans fought alongside Portugal. Nearly 50 years later, the surviving Guinean Commandos tell their story for the first time. A story of war, persecution and death.
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Too young to be old

Multimedia Reporting
The unemployment figures in Portugal leave out thousands of people who do not appear in the official records. Guiomar, Rui, Alice and António are all over 55 and unemployed. They are normal women and men who the labour market has tossed aside.
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LAND OF PLENTY, LAND OF BUT A FEW

Web Documentary
With the arrival of big agricultural investment to the Nacala Corridor, one of the most fertile and populated areas of Mozambique, thousands of people were dispossessed of their land and are still waiting for the promise of a better life to come true.
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All of this exists, all of this is queer, all of this is fado

Photo Essay
Fado Bicha [Queer Fado] is sung by a thick bearded transvestite and brings lesbians, gays, bisexuals, trans and intersex themes into the core of the Portuguese traditional music. It’s queer because it’s not traditional, because it’s not afraid of showing itself.
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Zé wants to know why

Documentary
The problem of global warming has a face. In recent years, the inhabitants of Elalab have been embroiled in an uphill battle against rising sea levels.
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Midnight Tea

Multimedia Documentary
Jó is a transsexual woman who, aged 14, ran away from home to have a chance to be herself. She wanted to live free, still unaware that this would mean an endless struggle.
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YOUTH IN PLAY

Multimedia reporting
Portugal is the main port of entry into Europe for underage footballers originating from Africa and Latin America. Hear the stories of Francisco, Cassiano and Valentine.
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