Clique aqui para Português Despite Rio de Janeiro’s original and oldest favela just celebrating its 120th anniversary last month, it was not until fifty years later, in 1947, that the city’s favelas began to be included […]
Clique aqui para Português For many years the great actor Chico Anysio made us laugh through his character “Jovem,” whose nickname—meaning “youth” in Portuguese—was shortened from Jovelino Venceslau dos Santos. Jovem was based on another […]
Clique aqui para Português In its sixth annual edition, this year’s Urban Peripheries Literary Festival (FLUP) took place in Vidigal in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro with the theme “Revolution, Choose Yours,” which sought […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original in Portuguese by Marco Aurélio Barreto Lima published on Justificando click here. Celebrating a birthday, especially when you’re young, is usually a joyous moment. It’s a time for reflecting […]
Clique aqui para Português On a beautiful Saturday, on October 21, breakdancers, rappers, MCs, graffiti artists, community members, and other fans of hip-hop culture from around Rio de Janeiro congregated in Complexo da Maré, in […]