Clique aqui para Português Cycling activist Carlos Leandro de Oliveira, 35, says his interest in cycling began during a moment of financial struggle. “I had gone three days without receiving my salary,” he says. “I didn’t […]
On September 15 at the Rio de Janeiro State Legislative Assembly (Alerj), the Forum Grita Baixada (Scream Baixada Forum), Center for Human Rights at the Diocese of Nova Iguaçu, and other civil society organizations from the Baixada Fluminense […]
Clique aqui para Português On Wednesday July 20, Rio-based public policy group Casa Fluminense, comprised of representatives of hundreds of civil society organizations across the state, held a workshop for journalists covering Rio de Janeiro after the […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the first article in a series by researcher Stephanie Reist,* on Rio’s metropolitan region. It is part 1 of 2 articles introducing the Baixada Fluminense. For part 2 on the region’s culture, […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original in Portuguese by Camila Nobrega, published in Canal Ibase, click here. In the doorway of one of the houses under construction in the Condomínio Esperança (Hope Condominium)—built by the housing […]