For original post in Portuguese on Comitê Popular do Rio click here. After Rio’s City government asked Google to reduce the presence of favelas on the map of Rio de Janeiro, the word “favela” was […]
For the original text in Portuguese by Léo Lima in Favela em Foco, click here. On the evening of April 4th 2013, around 9pm, in the area known as Beira do Rio in the favela […]
Clique aqui para Português “There’s a total lack of transparency on the part of the authorities with Colônia and its residents. We want answers,” asserts Juliana Moura Marques, resident of Colônia Juliano Moreira in Jacarepaguá […]
For the original report in Portuguese in O Globo click here. The buildings were to be inhabited by the 450 families that lost their homes in Niterói’s tragedy of 2010. This Saturday marked the beginning […]
For the original article by Ricardo Carvalho in Portuguese in Estado de São Paulo click here. Two unfinished buildings in a housing complex by the Minha Casa Minha Vida program in Niterói (Rio’s sister city across […]