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A Feast on Watermelon Rinds and Banana Peels: Favela Orgânica [PROFILE] #SustainableFavelaNetwork

By Laura Bunn • January 30, 2019

Clique aqui para Português Initiative: Favela Orgânica Contact: Facebook | Website | Email Year Founded: 2011 Community: Babilônia and Chapéu-Mangueira, South Zone Mission: Valuing and sharing the food cycle through respect and love for what nature gives us […]

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‘Intimate Favela’: Portraits of the Inner Lives of Favelas and Their Residents [IMAGES]

By Antoine Horenbeek • January 28, 2019

Clique aqui para Português For the project “Intimate Favela,” realized in collaboration with Catalytic Communities,* photographer Antoine Horenbeek was an overnight guest at the homes of individuals and families living in a few of Rio […]

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Best and Worst International Reporting on Rio’s Favelas: 2018

By RioOnWatch Editorial • January 7, 2019

Clique aqui para Português This is the latest contribution to our media watchdog series on the Best and Worst International Reporting on Rio’s favelas, part of RioOnWatch’s ongoing conversation on the media narrative and media portrayal surrounding favelas. Looming large in […]

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‘Good Citizens’ Want Police to Shoot to Kill, Says Rio Governor-Elect Wilson Witzel [INTERVIEW]

By Gabriela Goulart, Luiz Ernesto Magalhães, Selma Schmidt • Translation by Jiselle Steele • November 27, 2018

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Gabriela Goulart, Luiz Ernesto Magalhães, and Selma Schmidt published by O Globo click here. The server will be monitored. The warning is from Rio de Janeiro […]

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MTST Occupies Elite Beach in Rio de Janeiro To Claim Rights and Celebrate Black Lives [IMAGES]

By Antoine Horenbeek • November 20, 2018

Clique aqui para Português Landless Workers’ Movement (MTST) and Popular Brigades (BP) celebrated Black Awareness Month by occupying one of the most elite beaches in Rio de Janeiro. For the 5th time, Afro-Brazilians from the MTST and […]

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