You don’t respect me as a citizen with full rights. I don’t respect your initiatives, and laws which I didn’t participate in creating. Favelas are the greatest proof that we can progress free of what […]
Clique aqui para Português For the community of Varginha in Complexo de Manguinhos, a complex of favelas in Rio’s North Zone, the imminent visit of Pope Francis this week is a great honor. Pope Francis is […]
For the original in Portuguese here. Article by Raquel Rolnik, Special Rapporteur to the UN on Adequate Housing. Recently, the city of São Paulo presented a decree (54.074, from July 5, 2013) which deals with […]
Over the past few years unprecedented large-scale movements have challenged states across the globe. From Tahrir Square in Cairo to Zuccotti Park in New York City, and most recently, the streets of Brazil. Common to […]
On Tuesday evening, June 25th, in a climate of ongoing demonstrations across Rio de Janeiro–where both incidents of police brutality and acts of vandalism have been widely reported–the murmur among some residents of Rio’s elite […]