Click Here for English In Santa Marta in Rio’s South Zone, Vila Autódromo near the Olympic Park in the West Zone, and Favela do Metrô in the North Zone, a series of “lightning evictions”–forced evictions with little or no […]
Favelas are natural incubators for new ideas, sustainability initiatives and community-led projects. They are increasingly being recognized as models of sustainability worldwide. World Environment Day is organized annually by the United Nations to bring awareness to environmental issues around the […]
This is the second article in a series by guest researcher Jeffrey Omari,* on ICTs in Rio’s favelas. During a recent visit to Complexo da Maré, in Rio’s North Zone, a friend and resident of the community […]
For the original in Portuguese by Ruben Berta, published in O Globo, click here. Surrounded by rubble, approximately 170 families are still living in the community neighboring the Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca. RIO–The story of […]
Clique aqui para Português In 1807, the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed an act abolishing the international traffic of enslaved people within the British Empire. Much of the pressure to pass the act had come […]