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Favelas and Landslide Risk: If They Know Their Homes Might Collapse, Why Do They Build There?

By Rafael Chaves • Translation by Sharonya Vadakattu • March 4, 2019

Clique aqui para Português This article by geographer Rafael Chaves* sheds light on the dynamic of the Rio de Janeiro government’s alignment with the city’s financial elite in its occupation of urban space, and the […]

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Collective Action for Waste Management Discussed in Favelas of Complexo do Alemão

By Daisy Longden • March 1, 2019

Clique aqui para Português  On Saturday, February 23, community-based social and cultural development organization Instituto Raízes em Movimento (Roots in Movement Institute) hosted the event “Waste: Policies and Challenges,” bringing together local residents and guest speakers to address […]

#CommunityMedia

Rains in Rio: Responses from Mayor Crivella and Governor Witzel and Accounts from Favela Residents

By Luisa Fenizola • Translation by Ava Rose Hoffman, Tara Mittelberg • February 11, 2019

Clique aqui para Português On Wednesday, February 6, a year and a day after the 2018 summer rains began, another storm devastated the city of Rio de Janeiro. The traditional and intensifying summer rains were […]

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Rio Issues Crisis Alert After Devastating Torrential Rain, Rocinha and Vidigal Hard Hit [VIDEO]

By Karen Melo, Melissa Cannabrava • Translation by Dylan Blau Edelstein, Habib Msallem • February 8, 2019

Clique aqui e aqui para Português After recording the highest temperatures in nearly a century during the month of January, the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region was inundated by a torrential storm causing landslides, destroying […]

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7 Fantastic Afro-Brazilian Women and Their ‘Everyday Politics’ [PROFILE]

By Marcela Lisboa, Thamyra Thamara de Araújo • Translation by Joana Chetwynd • January 22, 2019

Clique aqui para Português For the original articles in Portuguese by Thamyra Thâmara de Araújo and Marcela Lisboa published by Agência Naya on Medium, click here. To listen to the full interviews in Portuguese, click here. […]

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