Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Priscila Rodrigues in Portuguese published by Observatório de Favelas click here. “I have to go into the city.” It might sound strange to those who have always lived […]
Clique aqui para Português Summer is approaching in Brazil and with it come searing temperatures upwards of 40 degrees Celsius. However, not all areas in Rio de Janeiro’s metropolitan region will experience this heat to […]
Clique aqui para Português The Quilombo das Guerreiras occupation is a symbol of resistance and community organizing. From 2006 through 2013 over one hundred families occupied and built a community in an abandoned warehouse in […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original in Portuguese by Claudia Antunes published in Vozerio click here. The construction of subsidized housing for low-income families in the Port Region of Rio de Janeiro has been […]
Last Thursday, August 24, a rally organized by the United Movement of Street Vendors (MUCA) was held in the center of Rio to protest against systematic State violence against street vendors. The rally comes barely […]