Clique aqui para Português Check out the complete series of community media profiles here. For over ten years, community news site FavelaDaRocinha.com has been an important source of local reporting on favela culture, events, and innovative social projects […]
Clique aqui para Português Nearly two months after Rio de Janeiro’s storms of April 8—the most intense in 22 years—residents of the city’s largest single favela, Rocinha, are still dealing with the aftermath of a […]
Clique aqui para Português Originally constructed as a workers’ village for employees of the local fabric factory, Chácara do Algodão is a small community with a long history interlaced with the rise of Brazil’s textile […]
Clique aqui para Português One month ago, record rainfall devastated Rio de Janeiro. The torrential downpour lasted through the night of April 8 and continued into the following day, flooding houses and triggering fatal landslides […]
Clique aqui para Português On April 13 and 14, the largest indigenous cultural event in Rio de Janeiro took place: Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Parque Lage. In partnership with the Parque Lage School of Visual […]