Clique aqui para Português Cíntia Luna, 35 years old, current President of the Santa Teresa United Neighborhood Association (AMUST), has played a leadership role in the development of the association over the past eight years. A […]
Clique aqui para Português In a week of extreme violence in the city of Rio de Janeiro, a series of incidents have caused shockwaves across social media, shining a harsh light on the grave security […]
For the original by Elenilce Bottari in Portuguese in O Globo click here. They have no doubt that “what they did to Bull was a great cruelty.” This is how residents, friends and family have described […]
For the original by William de Oliveira in Portuguese on Viva Favela click here. William de Oliveira is a Rocinha resident and former Resident Association president. The disappearance of a resident from the Rocinha community of Rio […]
Rio de Janeiro – In a quick and decisive military sweep, Brazilian security forces seized control of this city’s most notorious slum on Sunday, claiming victory in a weeklong battle against drug gangs that has […]