Clique aqui para Português Horto is a favela community in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro that has existed for over 200 years. The community, which was founded by former Botanical Gardens workers who […]
Clique aqui para Português On October 4, the Public Ministry of Rio de Janeiro State filed an official complaint against the two Military Police officers suspected of murdering 23-year-old Jaison Caique Sampaio do Santos and the attempted murder of […]
Clique aqui para Português Dan Jackson’s 2016 feature-length film In the Shadow of the Hill humanizes the very real changes imposed on residents of Rocinha as the city prepared to host the 2014 World Cup […]
Clique aqui para Português Homes belonging to approximately 200 families were destroyed by Rio’s state government last weekend, after residents were forcibly removed from a small favela in Complexo do Alemão. At 11am on Saturday […]
Clique aqui para Português Suzanna da Silva remembers her school experience as unstable. “I was about 10 years old. From there I started going to school. I would study half of the year; the other […]