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Year: 2023

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No Transparency: Magé, in Greater Rio de Janeiro, Threatened with Solid Waste from Neighboring Municipalities

By Bárbara Dias • Translation by Vasti Cruz • December 15, 2023

Clique aqui para Português Garbage Policy: Profit and Environmental Disaster The issue of garbage in Magé, a municipality in Greater Rio de Janeiro’s Baixada Fluminense region, has been a longstanding concern for residents and socio-environmental […]

#ParticipationWatch

Favela Youth Organizers Host “Favelas’ COP,” Engaging With COP 28 Climate Conference from Their Realities

By Bárbara Dias • Translation by Staff • December 8, 2023

Clique aqui para Português Youth from favelas across Greater Rio de Janeiro held the “Favelas’ COP” on December 2, during the UN Climate Conference (COP 28) as part of the 6th Annual Sustainable Favela Network […]

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Rio’s Urban Peripheries Literary Festival Hosts 13th Edition and Celebrates Ancestral Black and Indigenous Orality in ‘Little Africa’

By Vinícius Ribeiro • Translation by Kay Alvito • November 30, 2023

Clique aqui para Português For Brazilian Black Awareness Month, this article covered Rio de Janeiro’s Urban Peripheries Literary Festival (FLUP) on pioneering Afro-Brazilian authors—the Black elders of Brazilian literature: Machado de Assis, Lima Barreto, and […]

#HousingWatch

Brazil’s ‘Favela Community Land Trust’ Celebrates Five Years and Hosts International Exchange in Rio de Janeiro

By Bárbara Dias • Translation by Nathan Bergrin • November 29, 2023

Clique aqui para Português The Favela Community Land Trust Project* marked its fifth anniversary in 2023, having grown as a model for ensuring stability and security of tenure in self-managed communities. The milestone was celebrated […]

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On This Brazilian Black Awareness Day, Watch: ‘The Vision of Black Female State Deputies in Rio de Janeiro on Race, Gender, and Favelas’ [VIDEO]

By Felipe Bellido • Translation by Kay Alvito, Vasti Cruz • November 20, 2023

 Clique aqui para Português November 20, 2023—On Brazilian Black Awareness Day, this mini-doc with English subtitles aims to be a historical document in which three Black women in leadership roles within the Rio de Janeiro […]

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