Complexo do Alemão‘s yearly carnival street party was aggressively brought to an end by policemen who “created chaos in the crowd, fired guns, tear gas and pepper spray,” according to residents who took to social media […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the second of a two-part series on Rio de Janeiro’s Port Zone. As was seen in the first article of this series, the Port Zone has been continuously shaped by urban projects that built […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original in Portuguese, published in Coletivo Carranca, click here. On January 15, the Marvellous City saw another disturbing episode in the history of the State’s violent armed interventions in Rio de […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original in Portuguese, published in Agência de Notícias das Favelas, click here. This December, Cerro Corá, a favela located next to Christ the Redeemer in Rio’s South Zone, launched the Cerro Corá Community Library. […]
Clique aqui para Português In a meeting with activist leaders from Complexo do Alemão on February 6, Mayor Eduardo Paes agreed to move forward with the construction of a higher education institution in the community […]