Clique aqui para Português On the morning of September 19, a City demolition crew arrived in Rio de Janeiro’s West Zone neighborhood of Canal do Anil without warning and forcefully removed 52 structures, almost all […]
Clique aqui para Português Elections for Brazil’s Guardianship Councilors (Conselheiros Tutelares, locally-elected agents of Brazil’s Conselho Tutelar, or Child Protective Services) for the 2020-2023 term will be held on October 6, 2019. In Rio de […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the third article in a year-long partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University to produce a series of monthly favela-sourced human rights reporting from […]
Clique aqui para Português At 7:15am on Thursday, September 19, residents of Canal do Anil, a small favela located in the Jacarepaguá region of Rio de Janeiro’s West Zone, awoke to the sounds of chaos. […]
Clique aqui para Português The Sustainable Favela Network (SFN) is a project of Catalytic Communities (CatComm)* designed to build and reinforce solidarity networks, bring visibility and develop joint actions to support the expansion of community-based initiatives that strengthen environmental […]