Clique aqui para Português Prior to 2010, residents of centrally-located Metrô-Mangueira in Rio’s inner North Zone were approached by government workers—allegedly to sign up those in need for Bolsa Família, a government conditional cash transfer […]
Clique aqui para Português On May 30, the eighth session of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) on Flooding took place at Rio’s City Council. CPI president Tarcísio Motta (PSOL), rapporteur Renato Cinco (PSOL), committee […]
Clique aqui para Português On Thursday, May 23, the seventh session of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) on Flooding took place at Rio de Janeiro’s City Council. Focusing on the role of Rio-Águas, Rio […]
Clique aqui para Português Nearly two months after Rio de Janeiro’s storms of April 8—the most intense in 22 years—residents of the city’s largest single favela, Rocinha, are still dealing with the aftermath of a […]
Clique aqui para Português On Friday, April 26, a demonstrative crowd of community organizers, favela residents, academics, and activists gathered to denounce and protest City authorities’ alleged negligence during the deadly floods that took place […]