Clique aqui para Português On Friday, May 18, members of the Popular Council held their second demonstration of the year outside the mayor’s headquarters at Palácio da Cidade in Botafogo. Approximately 40 demonstrators—residents and allies of […]
Clique aqui para Português Initiative: Historical Rocinha (Rocinha Histórica) Contact: Facebook | Email Year Founded: 2014 Community: Rocinha Mission: Rocinha Histórica is a cultural/historical tour that offers the opportunity to positively experience the daily life of the Rocinha […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the second article in a five-part series on community museums and resistance in Rio’s favelas in honor of Brazil’s 16th Annual Museum Week (May 16-20, 2018). “The museum is the type of intervention […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the second article in a two-part series monitoring and critiquing Rio Mayor Marcelo Crivella during his time in office thus far, and covering policies related to culture, public security, […]
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 […]