Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Mariana Simões published by Agência Pública click here. In the following interview, a sociologist who has studied Rio de Janeiro’s [vigilante off-duty police] militias for 26 […]
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 […]
Clique aqui para Português The Luísa Mahin Occupation, situated in Salvador‘s business district, received an eviction order despite ongoing negotiations with the state government of Bahia, in Northeastern Brazil, to register the 25 occupying families […]
Clique aqui para Português Cosme Felippsen, co-guide for the Rolé dos Favelados (Stroll of the Favelados) last weekend in Rocinha, starts his tour by telling the group: “I don’t like the word tourism. For me it is […]
Clique aqui para Português Estação Azul, a lively 24 hour diner, is a hub of commotion in the heart of a large favela called Rio das Pedras. Not formally mapped online, the expansive community sits in Rio de […]