Clique aqui para Português Catalytic Communities (CatComm) Executive Director and RioOnWatch Editor Theresa Williamson was invited by Americas Quarterly to write an op-ed on the importance of assassinated City Councillor Marielle Franco as a symbol […]
On Friday, October 20, the graduate economics program at Rio de Janeiro’s Fluminense Federal University (UFF) continued a series of events celebrating its 30 years of existence with a debate on the topic of community waste […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Saulo Pereira Guitarães in Portuguese published in Vozerio click here. Whether it is the flat City of God or the steep Santa Marta, senior citizens living in favelas have to […]
For the original in Portuguese by Zé Luis S. Lima, published in Viva Rocinha, click here. The year is 1970. When night began to fall in Rocinha it was time to light candles, gas lamps and oil […]
For the original by Eliano Félix in Portuguese for O Cidadão click here. More than 30 families are living in inhuman conditions with fear of eviction in Maré. Situated in Complexo da Maré between Vila do […]