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  • [ March 27, 2023 ] ‘Justice for Marielle’ Festival Unites Artists and Civil Society to Remember 5 Years Without Justice and Demand Answers [IMAGES] #MarielleLegacy
  • [ March 26, 2023 ] SOS! Residents of ‘Trendy’ Vidigal Favela Once Again Threatened with Forced Evictions: Environmental Racism and State Neglect in the Face of Extreme Weather Events [IMAGES] #EvictionsWatch
  • [ March 25, 2023 ] Five Years After Her Political Femicide, Rio de Janeiro Has Failed to Implement Any of the Legislation Introduced by Marielle Franco #MarielleLegacy
  • [ March 20, 2023 ] ‘Pasmado’ Play Reclaims the Memory of a Forgotten Favela Removed from Botafogo in the 1960s #EvictionsWatch
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Elderly Day Care Center Expands into Homes by Offering Home-Based Care Course in City of God

By Julia Jones • August 25, 2015

Clique aqui para Português Since its inception in 1991, Casa de Santa Ana has pioneered the delivery of healthcare and physical therapy to elderly residents in Cidade de Deus (City of God). Located in the heart […]

Laboriaux group, photo by Vitor Damasceno
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One Year to the 2016 Olympics: Vila Laboriaux Takes Steps Toward Community-Based Eco-Tourism

By Julia Jones, Nia McAllister • August 11, 2015

Clique aqui para Português On Sunday August 2, the community-based movement Preserva Laboriaux and its partner, Rio-based non-profit Favela Verde held the first meeting on sustainable community-based tourism in Vila Laboriaux, a small favela community at the top […]

*Highlight

Favela Connection: How Touring Pavão-Pavãozinho Can Change a Kid’s Future

By Julia Jones • June 27, 2015

Clique aqui para Português On Saturdays in the community of Pavão-Pavãozinho, a high-reaching favela overlooking Copacabana beach in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, children stream up the steps to an airy patio in […]

#EvictionsWatch

Touring Favela Santa Marta Through the Eyes of Activist Guide Vitor Lira

By Julia Jones • June 16, 2015

Clique aqui para Português On Monday June 1, police, municipal guards and city officials crowded into the Santa Marta favela to destroy a number of homes, leaving residents confused, panicked, and without shelter due to the […]

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  • ‘Justice for Marielle’ Festival Unites Artists and Civil Society to Remember 5 Years Without Justice and Demand Answers [IMAGES]
    By Bárbara Dias • Translation by Cristina Fornara • March 27, 2023
  • In Rio de Janeiro’s Extreme West Zone, the Pioneering Politics of Inclusion, Struggle, and Resistance That Is Uniting Social Service Institutions with Afro-Brazilian Religious Leaders [IMAGES]
    By Bárbara Dias • Translation by Felix Foot • February 27, 2023
  • ‘Let’s Walk Together’: Brazilian Minister of Racial Equality Anielle Franco’s Inauguration Speech in Full
    By Anielle Franco • Translation by Kay Alvito • January 27, 2023

  • Understanding Energy Justice and Efficiency in Rio’s Favelas [VIDEO]
    By Jaqueline Suarez • Translation by Pilar Boyero • December 13, 2021
  • Pedra Branca and the Energy Dilemmas of Rio’s Urbanization: From Charcoal to Electricity
    By Antonio Alonso, Iamni Torres Jager • Translation by Trisha Ponti • November 1, 2021
  • Energy That Comes From Waste: Biodigester Turns Sewage into Biogas in Vale Encantado Favela [VIDEO]
    By Jaqueline Suarez • Translation by Saskia Wright • August 1, 2021

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