Clique aqui para Português “The women here are warriors,” say countless residents of Rio das Pedras, a favela neighborhood in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, and Flavio Moraes’ dance class is one of the […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the second article in a three-part series profiling community-based initiatives in three favelas. Led by one or several local residents, these initiatives all share the objective of initiating a virtuous circle […]
Clique aqui para Português The following excerpts come from Favela Stories, a blog and Facebook page by Sascha Bercovitch* that tells the stories of residents in Complexo da Maré, one of Rio’s largest favela complexes, located in the […]
Clique aqui para Português Nestled today in the shadow of Christ the Redeemer, the Horto community in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro was founded by workers of the Botanical Garden, established in 1808, who […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Miriane Peregrino in Portuguese published by Jornal O Cidadão click here. Museu da Maré has existed and fought to remain for 10 years. Today the resistance is against the […]