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[ December 4, 2025 ] Portrait of a Centenary-Old Favela of Stilt Houses: Belém’s Vila da Barca Resists, Organizes and Fights for Sanitation and Adequate Housing #HousingWatch
[ November 30, 2025 ] The Story of Dona Pascoalina, Midwife and Healer of Morro do Borel by Community Contributors
[ November 15, 2025 ] ‘There’s No Such Thing as Normal After a Massacre’: One Week After Police Mega-Operation Kills 121 People, Residents From Complexos do Alemão and Penha Speak Out #UPPWatch
[ November 13, 2025 ] ‘Human Beings Forget That They Are Nature’: Favelas Teach the Path to the Future at the 2nd Favela Sustainability Festival Civil Society
[ November 12, 2025 ] Food Sovereignty and Culinary Heritage Connect with Fight for Climate Justice at the 2nd Sustainable Favela Festival Civil Society

Digest These Data: Survey Shows 94% of Favela Residents Are Happy

By G1 • Translation by Christopher Owens • July 1, 2015

Clique aqui para Português For the original in Portuguese by Fantástico in February 2014 with video, on G1, click here. DataPopular surveyed 2000 people in 63 favelas in Brazil. The survey also revealed that 65% consider […]

Former Residents of Vila Autódromo Denounce Problems in Parque Carioca Replacement Housing

For the original in Portuguese by Vladimir Platonow, published in Agência Brasil, click here. Nearly a week after the confrontation between residents of Vila Autódromo and municipal guards in Jacarepaguá, near the future Olympic Village, […]