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Looking to Help Rio Favelas Mitigate the Effects of Covid-19? Here’s an Extensive List of Community Campaigns

Clique aqui para Português This is the fifth article in what will be a spotlighted issue on RioOnWatch for the foreseeable future: the new coronavirus as it impacts Rio de Janeiro’s favelas. We recommend also […]

City of God Protests and Calls for End to Violence

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Juliana Portella published in Viva Favela click here. City of God was the second community in Rio de Janeiro to receive a Pacifying Police Unit (UPP), in […]

Favelas Are Heaven and Hell for Cyclists

By Mariana Alvim • Translation by Amanda Bradshaw • September 16, 2013

For the original by Mariana Alvim in Portuguese on Viva Favela click here. Fewer motorized vehicles, proximity to points of interest, and a sense of community: these are some of the features that would make favelas good […]