As the City of Rio races against the clock to finish final Olympics preparations, an increasing number of local and international voices are highlighting the human rights violations that cannot be allowed to be swept […]
Clique aqui para Português “We were a rural quilombo that became an urban quilombo,” Adilson Batista Almeida explains as he describes the Quilombo do Camorim do Maciço da Pedra Branca in Jacarepaguá, an area in […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the first article in a three-part series profiling community-based initiatives in three favelas. Led by one or several local residents, these initiatives all share the objective of initiating a virtuous cycle of economic, […]
Clique aqui para Português Nestled today in the shadow of Christ the Redeemer, the Horto community in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro was founded by workers of the Botanical Garden, established in 1808, who […]