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A Needle in a Haystack: The Politicized Carnival Bloco

By Camila De Meo • February 26, 2015

On February 12, the Marvelous City saw a new street parade, or bloco, join the other 456 blocos of carnival. Participants assembled in Largo da Carioca, in the city center near the Carioca metro station. This bloco was an […]

#EvictionsWatch

The Port, Gateway to Rio, Part 2: The Appropriation and Depoliticization of Black History

By Eduarda Araujo • Translation by Wendy Turner • February 17, 2015

Clique aqui para Português This is the second of a two-part series on Rio de Janeiro’s Port Zone. As was seen in the first article of this series, the Port Zone has been continuously shaped by urban projects that built […]

Reading afternoon: children participate in telling the story. Photo by Miriane Peregrino.
Favela Qualities

Launch of the Community Library and Memory Exhibit at Cerro-Corá

By Miriane Peregrino • Translation by Amanda Bradshaw • February 13, 2015

Clique aqui para Português For the original in Portuguese, published in Agência de Notícias das Favelas, click here. This December, Cerro Corá, a favela located next to Christ the Redeemer in Rio’s South Zone, launched the Cerro Corá Community Library. […]

#EvictionsWatch

The Port, Gateway to Rio, Part 1: The Historic Whitening

By Eduarda Araujo • Translation by Elizabeth Gladding • January 12, 2015

Clique aqui para Português This is the first of a two-part series on Rio de Janeiro’s Port Zone. “The Port Zone will be the gateway to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics:” Since the port revitalization projects […]

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From Valongo to Favela: Exhibition Connects Slave Past With Favelas Today [SLIDESHOW]

By Elma Gonzalez • January 9, 2015

Clique aqui para Português The Rio Museum of de Art’s (MAR) primary ongoing exhibition of 2014 From Valongo to Favela: The Imaginary and the Periphery opened its doors last May to showcase the history of Rio de […]

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