by Community Contributors
Sustainable Glass
Clique aqui para Português Climbing one of the many slopes of Morro da Pedreira in Costa Barros in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, you might not guess you’d find a father up here with a […]
North Zone
#CommunityMedia
Laje, Sweet Laje
Clique aqui para Português For original article in Viva Favela click here. Lack of space has become a chronic problem in Rio’s favelas. It is evident that in the last few years buildings have grown […]
#GentrificationWatch
The Favela Today is the Soul of Business
Pacifying Police Units (UPPs) guarantee free access to capital in Rio’s impoverished communities. For original article in Portuguese in Brasil de Fato click here. The current politics of military intervention implemented through the UPPs (Pacifying […]
Policies
Barreira do Vasco Seeks Sanitation Improvements from Morar Carioca
Residents of São Cristóvão’s First Favela, Barreira do Vasco, seek community oversight, sanitation and electricity improvements–and no evictions–as one of the first favelas to benefit from the Morar Carioca favela upgrading program. Located next to […]
Interviews & Profiles
Alemão’s Lenses
Clique aqui para Português “Why toil in the country, in the city? The machine will do it for us. Why think, imagine? The machine will do it for us. Why write a poem? The machine […]