Clique aqui para Português In the bright expansive upper level dining area of her Providência restaurant, Pensão Sabor de Ana, Ana Maria dos Santos, 50, explains the mixed fortunes of her business since the community, […]
Clique aqui para Português Click here for original article, in Portuguese, by Silvana Bahia* for BBC Brasil. The Morro da Providência community, between the Port Region and Central Station, holds an important place in the […]
Clique aqui para Português This is Part 1 of a three-part series on the History of Favela Upgrades in Rio. Click for Part 2 and Part 3. Housing rights activists today defend the practice of on-site upgrading of […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese click here S.O.S. PROVIDÊNCIA Did you know the oldest favela in Brazil is being destroyed? Since 2009, Rio’s Port Region has been transformed into a […]
Clique aqui para Português “I’ve not been respected at all,” exclaimed Providência resident Neuzimar in Monday’s court hearing with the State Public Defender’s office, Public Ministry, representatives from the City government and the Providência community’s residents […]