Clique aqui para Português This is the second article in a six-part series on the application of Meléndez’s Pyramid for Favela Upgrading to the city of Rio de Janeiro and its favelas. This pyramidal concept was […]
Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article on the new coronavirus as it impacts Rio de Janeiro’s favelas. September 2, 2020—As the coronavirus pandemic continues to impact Rio’s favelas, frontline community-based groups have maintained […]
Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article on Covid-19 and its impacts on favelas and in the series of Teach-Ins on Covid-19 in favelas. On Brazil’s Rural Workers’ Day, May 25, Rio de Janeiro’s […]
Clique aqui para Português The favelas that make up Maré, in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, are home to 140,000 inhabitants and many stories to tell. The favelas’ origins date back to the foundation of […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the sixth article in an ongoing series on the Brazilian electoral political scene in 2018. The immediate reaction to the death of Marielle Franco, beyond deep pain, was the strengthening of […]