Clique aqui para Português In a meeting with activist leaders from Complexo do Alemão on February 6, Mayor Eduardo Paes agreed to move forward with the construction of a higher education institution in the community […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original in Portuguese, published in Viva Favela, click here. Every year, children between 6 and 12 years old, from Santa Marta favela in Botafogo in Rio’s South Zone, have a date […]
A report on the index of teenage homicides released on Wednesday, January 28 revealed that 42,000 teenagers might be victims of homicide by 2019 if the Brazilian government does not take action. The study entitled […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original by Michel Silva in Portuguese, published in Fala Roça, click here. Access to clean water and sanitation is an essential human right, acknowledged most recently and thoroughly in a United Nations Resolution in […]
Three months have passed since the occupation of the 16 favelas that make up the Complexo da Maré. The occupation by the army is a first step towards establishing a Pacifying Police Unit (UPP) in […]