Clique aqui para Português On Thursday afternoon, November 7, 100 residents and supporters of Vila Autódromo gathered in the rain to protest outside City Hall, a response to the City’s latest tactic to undermine their […]
Clique aqui para Português On October 1, Brazil celebrated the 10th anniversary of the passage of its Statute of the Elderly, a landmark piece of legislation that consolidates basic rights for Brazilian citizens over the […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original by Sílvia Noronha in Portuguese in Maré de Notícias click here. The precariousness of public services in Maré sets the tone of the functions carried out by the neighborhood […]
This post is a contribution to Blog Action Day 2013 in which bloggers around the world reflect on this year’s theme, Human Rights. Last Saturday October 12, the first #OcupaSARAU event was held, along with a Children’s […]
On Sunday October 6, members of Vila Laboriaux joined together in a day-long celebration of their community’s vitality and to look to the future. Perched at the top of Rocinha, the largest favela in Rio […]