Clique aqui para Português The Rio Olympics ended exactly a year ago today. What now? Community journalist Gizele Martins describes life in Maré today as “dictatorship in the midst of democracy.” Militarization has always been […]
Clique aqui para Português A year after the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, little is said about the Olympic legacy left for residents of the Maré Complex of favelas, one of the largest in Rio […]
Clique aqui para Português On Monday July 31 the Rio de Janeiro Public Prosecutor’s Office held a public hearing to debate the latest security crisis to hit the state of Rio and its impact on […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the first article in a four-part series on Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design. Cities are facing unprecedented challenges, and nowhere is that more evident than in the favelas of […]
Clique aqui para Português Maré means ‘the tide.’ The name comes from when the favela community was first started in a wetland area with many of the houses built on stilts to withstand the waters. […]