Clique aqui para Português On April 27, the City of Rio de Janeiro took action to enforce a repossession order for the former Brazilian census bureau’s (IBGE – Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics) building […]
Clique aqui para Português Cosme Felippsen, co-guide for the Rolé dos Favelados (Stroll of the Favelados) last weekend in Rocinha, starts his tour by telling the group: “I don’t like the word tourism. For me it is […]
Clique aqui para Português It has been nearly one month since the Landless Workers’ Movement (MTST) first occupied a parcel of land on the edge of the Washington Luís highway in the neighborhood of Sapê, […]
Clique aqui para Português On Wednesday, May 2, seven of City Councillor Marielle Franco’s bills went to vote in Rio de Janeiro’s City Council. With the galleries full and incredible public support, five proposed bills […]
Clique aqui para Português Between April 24 and 28, 2018, the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) hosted Abraço das Favelas (Favela Embrace), a week of cultural and artistic events animated by panel discussions, debates, movie screenings, […]