Clique aqui para Português Dan Jackson’s 2016 feature-length film In the Shadow of the Hill humanizes the very real changes imposed on residents of Rocinha as the city prepared to host the 2014 World Cup […]
Clique aqui para Português Homes belonging to approximately 200 families were destroyed by Rio’s state government last weekend, after residents were forcibly removed from a small favela in Complexo do Alemão. At 11am on Saturday […]
Clique aqui para Português The six month-long suspension of Complexo do Alemão’s cable car was announced on September 14, in between unrelenting police operations in the North Zone favela complex. The cable car will not […]
Clique aqui para Português Following a local debate in Maré on September 15, Rio’s mayoral candidates attended a debate with favela residents from across the city on September 18 at the historic Samba Museum in Mangueira. […]
Clique aqui para Português On Saturday, September 17, the campaign Vereadores Que Queremos, or City Council Members We Want, hosted an evening of interviews, debate, and roundtable discussion with 18 candidates running for City Council in the […]