Interviews & Profiles
Alemão’s Lenses
Clique aqui para Português “Why toil in the country, in the city? The machine will do it for us. Why think, imagine? The machine will do it for us. Why write a poem? The machine […]
history
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Demolished Memory
Clique aqui para Português For Portuguese original in O Globo click here (or here). The government of the State of Rio de Janeiro holds firm its decision to demolish the Municipal School Arthur Freidenriech, with almost […]
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The Story of a Family from Morro da Providência
Clique aqui para Português This is the story of my family from Morro da Providência. Despite the city’s repeated interference, we have managed to stay in the same place since we arrived here. And so […]
Favela Culture
Zumbi Vive! Celebrating Afro-Brazilian Awareness in Providência
Clique aqui para Português Afro-Brazilian Awareness Week concludes in Rio this coming Friday with ZUMBI VIVE!, an event full of theater, music and festivity in Morro da Providência, Brazil’s first favela which celebrates 115 years […]
Policies
A History of Favela Upgrades Part II: Introducing Favela-Bairro (1988-2008)
Clique aqui para Português This is Part 2 of a three-part series on the History of Favela Upgrades in Rio. Click for Part 1 and Part 3. Walk into a favela in Rio today and you may see railings and […]