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Rolezinho at the Shopping Metrô Itaquera in São Paulo. Photo by Filipe Serrano

How Many People Constitute a ‘Rolezinho?’

By Pedro Portella • Translation by Juliana M. de Souza • January 21, 2014

Clique aqui para Português What was the value in all of the years Nelson Mandela served in prison to defend the end of South Africa’s apartheid? We are now called to revisit this question after […]

‘Living Park’ Project in Parque da Cidade

By AYV Youth Reporters • February 20, 2012

Clique aqui para Português Parque Vivo (Living Park) is a project that works with children, youth and the elderly in Parque da Cidade, a small, relatively unknown but well-developed and well-located favela in Gávea, offering […]