Clique aqui para Português Launched in May 2019, Só Cria (Born and Raised), a community-based college entrance exam course in the Rocinha favela in Rio de Janeiro’s South Zone, is free of charge and serves the […]
Clique aqui para Português The 16 favelas that make up Complexo da Maré, in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, registered 49 deaths resulting from armed violence in 2019, more than double the rate of 2018. […]
As political appointees rush to explain themselves, worries of privatization linger among community activists. January 3, under a smashing summer sun, with temperatures exceeding 35°C (95°F), residents of the Baixada Fluminense, as well as the […]
Clique aqui para Português The following letter, sent December 30, 2019 by civil society organizations in Rio de Janeiro dedicated to the expansion of solar energy in low-income communities in the city, is a response […]
Clique aqui para Português Contrary to global efforts towards sustainability and cleaner energy, Brazil’s National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL) has proposed changes to 2012’s Normative Resolution 482 that will raise costs for consumers who produce […]