Clique aqui para Português Almost nine months after 43 Mexican students were abducted, three parents and a classmate of the 43 Normalistas visited Rio de Janeiro last week to conclude the Caravana 43 journey across South […]
Clique aqui para Português On Monday June 8, the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC) hosted a panel to discuss the Role of the State in the Criminalization of Poverty From a Human […]
This is the second article in a series by guest researcher Jeffrey Omari,* on ICTs in Rio’s favelas. During a recent visit to Complexo da Maré, in Rio’s North Zone, a friend and resident of the community […]
For the original in Portuguese, by Alan Miranda, published in Observatório de Favelas, click here. By the age of 16 in our society one can have a multitude of jobs, desires, possibilities and perspectives on life. At […]
A public hearing conducted to investigate human rights violations in Complexo do Alemão took place on Monday May 4 in the community’s Caic Theóphilo de Souza Pinto School. The meeting was organized by Brazil’s Parliamentary Commission […]