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*Highlight

Eco Ableism in Favelas: People with Disabilities and Atypical Families Speak Out About Challenges, Routines and Survival Strategies

By Ramon Vellasco • Translation by Dani Scott • July 7, 2026

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University, to produce articles for the Digital Brazil Project on environmental justice in the favelas […]

#UPPWatch

Study Shows that Violence Violates the Right to Education in Rio de Janeiro: ‘More Shots, Fewer Classes; Fewer Classes, More Criminals’

By Felipe Migliani • Translation by Nicole Vaiani • June 22, 2026

Clique aqui para Português In Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, leaving home to go to school can mean navigating an environment marked by uncertainty. On days of police operations or armed confrontations, the journey to […]

*Highlight

Visiting Rio Before July 30th? Don’t Miss ‘Favela Climate Memory’ Exhibition at the Favela Museum Overlooking Ipanema: ‘We Learned to Survive So We Can Tell Others How’

By Bárbara Dias • Translation by Staff • June 1, 2026

Clique aqui para Português The ‘Favela Climate Memory’ exhibition returned to the Favela Museum (MUF) during Brazil’s 24th Annual National Museum Week, now presented in its complete form. Organized by eleven museums and memory project […]

#LegacyWatch

Rio de Janeiro Evictions Museum Celebrates Ten Years of Art, Memory and Resistance Since the Olympic Games

By Bárbara Dias • Translation by Marina Devine Guzmán • May 31, 2026

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of our series reflecting on the impacts of mega-events on Rio de Janeiro 10 years after the 2016 Olympic Games. This Museum Month, Vila Autódromo marked ten years […]

*Highlight

Critical Urban Park in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone Is at Risk of Disappearing After Decades of Government Neglect

By Fernanda Delatorre • Translation by Sia Kulkarni • May 30, 2026

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University, to produce articles for the Digital Brazil Project on environmental justice in the favelas […]

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