Clique aqui para Português One week ago, on May 26, approximately 2,000 people participated in the “Stop Killing Us!” protest in front of Post 8 at Ipanema’s beachfront, in Rio de Janeiro’s South Zone. Community-based […]
Clique aqui para Português Check out the complete series of community media profiles here. For over ten years, community news site FavelaDaRocinha.com has been an important source of local reporting on favela culture, events, and innovative social projects […]
Clique aqui para Português On Saturday, May 11, Voz das Comunidades, a community-based newspaper and charitable organization from the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, launched the short documentary Voz […]
Clique aqui para Português Nearly two months after Rio de Janeiro’s storms of April 8—the most intense in 22 years—residents of the city’s largest single favela, Rocinha, are still dealing with the aftermath of a […]
Clique aqui para Português On May 4, the 5th Politilaje Political-Cultural Soirée took place in Vidigal, in Rio’s South Zone. The theme of this edition was “The Favela Says ‘NO’ to the Pension Reform.” The […]