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Morro da Mangueira — Foto: Brenno Carvalho / Agência O Globo / 07-08-2020
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COP30 Must Engage With and Walk Alongside the Favela [OPINION]

By Preto Zezé • Translation by Monique Murad da Cunha • October 29, 2025

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Preto Zezé published in O Globo, click here.  For an ecological transition to be just and effective, it must start where the State fails to reach—or […]

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Rocinha Residents Raise Tilapia In Water Tanks in Fight Against Hunger

By Karen Fontoura • Translation by A.M. Oliver • September 29, 2025

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Karen Fontoura published in Fala Roça, click here.  Arriving at Terreirão da Rua 1, at the top of Rio de Janeiro’s Rocinha favela and near the […]

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Towards Historical Reparations and Intersectional Climate Justice at Brazil’s COP30 Climate Conference [OPINION]

By Mariana de Paula, Mariana Galdino • Translation by Marina Devine Guzmán • August 29, 2025

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Mariana Galdino and Mariana de Paula published in Nexo Jornal, click here.  In Brazil—as around the world, but especially in the Global South—it is impossible to […]

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Rio’s New ‘Extreme Rainfall Vulnerability Index’, Rio 60ºC, Shows 600,000 Homes at High Risk of Landslides or Flooding

By Felipe Lucena • Translation by A.M. Oliver • May 16, 2025

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Felipe Lucena published in Diário do Rio, click here.  Morro dos Prazeres and Rocinha are among the areas identified in a study developed by Ambiental Media […]

#UPPWatch

Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes Halts Tribute to Amarildo de Souza, Blocking Street Name Change in Rocinha

By Igor Soares, Rodrigo Silva • Translation by Kay Alvito • December 20, 2024

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Igor Soares and Rodrigo Silva published in Fala Roça, click here. RioOnWatch translated this article to update our English-speaking audience on a critical story we covered […]

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