Civil Society
Rocinha Says No to Cable Car
For the original in Portuguese on Canal iBase click here. A heated debate took place at the Engineering Club last Friday July 19 over the Rio state government’s attempt to install a cable car in […]
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by International Observers
Rocinha and Vidigal Unite in Protest
On Tuesday evening, June 25th, in a climate of ongoing demonstrations across Rio de Janeiro–where both incidents of police brutality and acts of vandalism have been widely reported–the murmur among some residents of Rio’s elite […]
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Back to the future? Urban Transformation and Public Protest in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro has arrived. Or at least that’s what the city’s authorities, and most of the international publicity the ‘Marvelous City’ has received in recent years, would have us believe. After decades of economic […]
Civil Society
Rocinha Residents Unite Against Cable Car
For the original by Sarah Monteiro in Portuguese in Jornal Extra click here. Basic sanitation, garbage collection, education and health are considered the basics for survival in any place. In Rocinha, however, residents say these are […]
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Favela Não Se Cala Continues Mobilizing Awareness in Providência & Horto
Last month in Providência Favela Não Se Cala organized a gathering of over fifty people that included residents of favelas from across the city, public defenders, law students, activists and social workers. Photographers and videographers flitted […]