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Rio Carnival 2025: Mangueira Samba School Exalts ‘Pride in Being from the Favela’ While Telling the Story of the Bantu Peoples [INTERVIEW]

By Rhuan Gonçalves • Translation by Staff • February 28, 2025

Clique aqui para Português Rio de Janeiro’s 2025 Carnival is here, celebrating a people increasingly proud of themselves and their history. Of the 12 samba schools in the Special Group, only two—Mocidade and Vila Isabel—will […]

#UPPWatch

‘Grief to Action’ Personified in ‘Cuca,’ Who Lost His Brother to Rio de Janeiro’s Infamous Police Brutality [PROFILE]

By Lucas Novello, Vinícius Ribeiro • Translation by Sylvia Schiller • February 26, 2025

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of RioOnWatch‘s series on Memories of Favela Power, which documents and celebrates the history of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas through narratives and reports from residents’ collective memory, in […]

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The Multiethnic Indigenous University of Aldeia Maracanã: Indigenous Knowledge and Forest Education in the Heart of Rio de Janeiro

By Dayse Alves • Translation by Hannah McKenzie • February 22, 2025

Clique aqui para Português This article, the result of an interview with Mônica Lima Mura Manaú Arawak, Brazil’s only university professor of its Mura indigenous people, is part of a series created in partnership with the Behner […]

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Cultivating Change in a Community Garden: Complexo da Penha’s Luxury From Waste Project Celebrates Four Years of Environmental Action [PROFILE]

By Kim Beauvais • November 18, 2024

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series of profiles of initiatives in Rio de Janeiro’s Sustainable Favela Network. Initiative: Projeto Luxo do Lixo (Luxury from Waste Project) Contact: Facebook; Instagram; WhatsApp +5521993556036 […]

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Agroecological Providência: Empowering Brazil’s First Favela Through Agroecology [PROFILE]

By Kim Beauvais • August 19, 2024

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series of profiles of initiatives in Rio de Janeiro’s Sustainable Favela Network. Initiative: Agroecological Providência (Providência Agroecológica) Contact: Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Email | […]

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