Clique aqui para Português On December 17, the Galpão Bela Maré arts center held the Periferia Tem Potência (The Periphery Has Potency) festival in partnership with the Favelas Observatory, the Instituto Maria e João Aleixo, and […]
Clique aqui para Português The sun shone down on the hills of Complexo do Alemão, on Saturday, November 30, putting an end to a week of rain for the group of favelas in the North […]
Clique aqui para Português This article is part of RioOnWatch’s #VoicesFromSocialMedia series, which compiles perspectives posted on social media by favela residents and activists about events and societal themes that arise. It is also the […]
Clique aqui para Português At age 64, Vanderley da Cunha, known as Deley de Acari, has been a poet, writer, human rights activist, and cultural mobilizer in the Acari favela, in the North Zone of […]
Clique Aqui para Português “I’m going to call on two MCs to get up here and battle it out. What does Pac’Stão want?” “Blood.” Thus begin the hip hop battles at the Roda Cultural do […]