Clique aqui para Português Rhymes echoed down Complexo do Alemão’s Central Avenue on Sunday night, May 27 as dancers, poets, and rappers convened to celebrate the one year anniversary of Slam Laje, Alemão’s first poetry […]
Clique aqui para Português Bruno Degenring, 23, Vila Laboriaux resident and Favela Verde (Green Favela) president stands in front of an orderly community garden, stunning views of Rio’s iconic Sugarloaf Mountain behind him. Degenring is […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the third article in a four-part series on Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design. “First of all, this plaza is different because this plaza is our plaza,” declares André Constantine, a powerful […]
Clique aqui para Português This month the State of Rio de Janeiro’s Public Defenders Office is due to select a new General Ombudsman. The position is responsible for “promoting the quality of services delivered to […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the first article in a four-part series on Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design. Cities are facing unprecedented challenges, and nowhere is that more evident than in the favelas of […]