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The View from the Favelas on Recent Protests

By Fernando Caulyt, Renata Malkes • Translation by Sarah Jacobs • March 19, 2016

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Renata Malkes and Fernando Caulyt in Portuguese published in DW Brasil click here. Residents of a favela in Copacabana in Rio’s South Zone don’t hide the extent of […]

#CommunityMedia

‘Imagens do Povo’ Photography Collective Part 3: Resistance Through Beauty

By Andrea Cangialosi • March 10, 2016

Clique aqui para Português This is the final article in a three-part series on the Imagens do Povo photography collective.  “I think we’re living this great conflict: one story or many stories; maintaining the status quo or bringing […]

#UPPWatch

Drug Policy in Favelas and the Formal City: A War Without Winners

By Stephanie Reist • February 29, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Last Wednesday at the National Park Library (Biblioteca Parque Nacional), social media and human rights activist Raull Santiago of Coletivo Papo Reto sat down with researcher Ana Paula Pellegrino of the violence […]

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Communities Unite Against Water Privatization in South Zone Favelas

By Anna Cash • February 24, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Around 100 people met at the base of Vidigal on Wednesday, February 17 to voice their discontent with the state’s impending decision to privatize the water and sewage management utility, CEDAE, in the favela. […]

#CommunityMedia

The Daily Challenges Facing Moto-Taxi Drivers in Complexo do Alemão

By Henrique Pio Barbosa • Translation by Sarah Jacobs • February 19, 2016

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Henrique Pio Barbosa published in Voz das Comunidades click here.  Rio de Janeiro is the city with the most favela residents in Brazil. These communities have […]

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