Between the smoke and the bullets of Rio’s North Zone / The Serra takes on its biggest challenge yet, becoming green / I love you, Serra da Misericórdia – Luiz Poeta, founder of Verdejar Complexo […]
For the original in Portuguese, by Maria Eduarda Chagas, published in Estadão, click here. In the pre-Olympics period, 67,000 people were forced to leave their homes, more than were evicted under both Pereira Passos and Lacerda administrations–those most […]
Clique aqui para Português A community group based in the neighborhood of Vila Laboriaux, Rocinha, won a prize awarded by the same government that once called for the removal of the community. Movimento Preserva Laboriaux (Movement […]
Clique aqui para Português On March 14 the main square of Vidigal was taken over in festivities. Seniors and young people got together to enjoy the day and celebrate 75 years of Vidigal. The celebration lasted the full […]
For the original in Portuguese by Zé Luis S. Lima, published in Viva Rocinha, click here. The year is 1970. When night began to fall in Rocinha it was time to light candles, gas lamps and oil […]