Clique aqui para Português My name is Flávio da Silva França Alves, better known as Mestre Flavinho. I am a batuque and jongo percussionist, member of the Império Serrano samba school, and founder of Projeto […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Geraldo Ribeiro published in Extra click here. This is our latest article on the new coronavirus as it impacts Rio de Janeiro’s favelas and in partnership […]
Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article on the new coronavirus as it impacts Rio de Janeiro’s favelas. “That’s what’s happening. If you don’t create a plan for the peripheries of the whole […]
Clique aqui para Português The following text is from a letter sent to Rio de Janeiro Governor Wilson Witzel by the Rocinha Residents’ Association and signed by representatives of many different favelas. Read all of […]
Clique aqui para Português The Lagoa-Barra Expressway separates the favela of Rocinha, located in Rio de Janeiro’s South Zone, from the adjacent, wealthy neighborhood of São Conrado. The noisy two-lane motorway begins in the Miami-like […]