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Public square as a community right

By Sarah De Rose • July 28, 2011

Last week, O Centro Loyola de Fé e Cultura from PUC University hosted the last part of a lecture series entitled “Builders and the Built – the spaces of human relations” which set out to […]

Interviews & Profiles

My Heart Stayed on Jatobá Street

By Valnei Succo • Translation by Sarah De Rose • July 25, 2011

Clique aqui para Português On my first visit to Morro da Providência I met a man with several names including Seu Mangará, Mango do Forró, Manga Verde and finally José Pedro. He proceeded to begin […]

by Community Contributors

Destiny is an Unknown

By Andréia Coutinho • Translation by Jake Cummings • July 24, 2011

Clique aqui para Português By the famous staircase beside which lie the many houses in 104-year-old Morro da Providência marked for removal by the Municipal Housing Secretariat (SMH), thousands live their lives full of dreams […]

by Community Contributors

Missing my Providência

By Hosana Souza • Translation by Priscila Vivar • July 22, 2011

Clique aqui para Português “I miss my Providência,” exclaimed Eron César dos Santos, who has lived on the hill for 44 years, or his entire life. A man with glasses and a burn mark on […]

Porto Maravilha and Rio’s Oldest Favela

By Andréia Coutinho • Translation by Priscila Vivar • July 21, 2011

Clique aqui para Português A community marked by solidarity between its residents, in Rio de Janeiro’s port area, is at risk of evictions of several of its residents. Living in this community has become a […]