For the original in Portuguese by Miriane Peregrino, published in Agência de Notícias das Favelas, click here. The Santa Marta tram was launched on May 29, 2008, the same year Rio de Janeiro’s first Police Pacification Unit (UPP) was established […]
Clique aqui para Português Residents of Vila Kennedy in Rio de Janeiro’s West Zone gathered once again for a ‘mutirão de limpeza’—a collective clean-up effort. These clean-ups happen every rainy day in summer and winter, as the […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original in Portuguese, published in Agência de Notícias das Favelas, click here. This December, Cerro Corá, a favela located next to Christ the Redeemer in Rio’s South Zone, launched the Cerro Corá Community Library. […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the first of a three-part series on the language spoken in the peripheries of Rio de Janeiro. Don’t miss Part 2 and Part 3. “We took the language that […]
Clique aqui para Português On Saturday December 6 residents of the Vila Kennedy community hosted the VilAtiva cultural encounter, a diverse exhibition of artistic endeavors and community initiatives organized by the young members of the […]