For the original in Portuguese, published in Viva Favela, click here. “Let’s quit this shooting all around us. This violence is killing residents, no one can take it any more.” This was a request made […]
For the original in Portuguese by Vladimir Platonow, published in Agência Brasil, click here. Nearly a week after the confrontation between residents of Vila Autódromo and municipal guards in Jacarepaguá, near the future Olympic Village, […]
For the original in Portuguese by Melissa Cannabrava, published in Voz das Comunidades, click here. “We only want what was promised!” The hundreds of families that were removed from the community known as Favelinha da […]
For the original in Portuguese, by Miriane da Costa Peregrino, published in Vozes das Comunidades, click here. Faced with threats of eviction, residents speak out in defense of the museum Museu da Maré celebrated nine years on Friday […]
For the original in Portuguese, by Célio Gari, published in Outras Palavras, click here. Many garis (trash collectors) have been persecuted after winning historic victories for their rights as workers. The City has dismantled leadership and favored subcontracting […]