Clique aqui para Português The Maré favela complex, in Rio’s North Zone, is currently hosting the first Comida de Favela, a food festival celebrating the “flavors of Maré” in which 16 local restaurants have prepared […]
Clique aqui para Português Police brutality in Rio’s favelas triggered a new wave of outrage on social media this month. On September 8 at 11:30am a police raid in Manguinhos, in the North Zone of the […]
Clique aqui para Português Many projects were promised when the City and State of Rio de Janeiro turned their attention to social program planning in Complexo da Maré. The authorities began to consider investing in social programs […]
For the original in Portuguese, by Miriane da Costa Peregrino, published in Vozes das Comunidades, click here. Faced with threats of eviction, residents speak out in defense of the museum Museu da Maré celebrated nine years on Friday […]
Clique aqui para Português The government is proving incapable of facing an enormous and challenging public health problem: drug abuse. State and municipal neglect in Nova Holanda, one of the 16 favelas that make up Maré, has […]