Clique aqui para Português On the night of November 30, community leaders from across Rio converged at the City Council to speak out against evictions. The evening’s panel marked the launch of Rio’s first “Parliamentary […]
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 On November 14, 2017, the BRICS Policy Center launched the publication, Nobody Enters, Nobody Leaves—Urban Mobility and the Right to the City in Complexo do Alemão, the result of a partnership between […]
Clique aqui para Português Initiative: Democratic Space of Union, Coexistence, Learning and Prevention (EDUCAP) Contact: Facebook | Email Year Founded: 2008 Community: Complexo do Alemão Mission: Contributing to the promotion of citizenship for the residents of the Alemão […]