Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series on energy justice and efficiency in Rio’s favelas. According to data from the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics (IBGE), more than 11 million […]
Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series of articles on Rio de Janeiro’s 2020 municipal elections from a favela perspective. Amidst the grief of, officially, 12,268 deaths by Covid-19 and 120,802 cases […]
Clique aqui para Português On July 16, activists involved with the Popular Council, a coalition that defends housing rights and fights evictions in Rio de Janeiro favelas, participated in a debate, broadcast live on Facebook, to […]
Clique aqui para Português This is our most recent article on the new coronavirus and its impact on the favelas. On June 7, Rio-Águas, Rio de Janeiro’s municipal agency for water management, issued a notification to […]
During the first few months of 2019, the city of Rio de Janeiro experienced two major rainfall events that led to a total of 17 deaths and left hundreds homeless. With sequential rain disasters becoming increasingly […]