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  • [ March 30, 2023 ] The Criminal and the Vagrant: Brazilian Mass Media’s Bloody Discourse Defends White Privilege and Sentences Favelas [EDITORIAL] #MediaWatch
  • [ March 29, 2023 ] ‘Marielle Lives On! Favelas Rebuilding Brazil’ Promotes Discussion about Marielle Franco’s Legacy [IMAGES] *Highlight
  • [ March 27, 2023 ] ‘Justice for Marielle’ Festival Unites Artists and Civil Society to Remember 5 Years Without Justice and Demand Answers [IMAGES] #MarielleLegacy
  • [ March 26, 2023 ] SOS! Residents of ‘Trendy’ Vidigal Favela Once Again Threatened with Forced Evictions: Environmental Racism and State Neglect in the Face of Extreme Weather Events [IMAGES] #EvictionsWatch
  • [ March 25, 2023 ] Five Years After Her Political Femicide, Rio de Janeiro Has Failed to Implement Any of the Legislation Introduced by Marielle Franco #MarielleLegacy
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Water Societies and Other Sustainability Initiatives Thrive in Morro da Formiga

By Claire Lepercq, Lovinia Reynolds, Nia McAllister • October 10, 2015

Clique aqui para Português Community-based sustainability projects are an integral part of the rich history of the community of Morro da Formiga. Located in the North Zone of the city, Formiga borders the vast Tijuca Forest and […]

Maria do Socorro, newly elected President of Indiana's Residents' Association
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Anti-Eviction Activist Wins Election in Indiana Favela

By Brooke Parkin • July 21, 2015

Clique aqui para Português As Rio de Janeiro prepares for the Olympic Games in just over a year’s time, a trend is emerging with community activists being elected to head Neighborhood Associations in a number of […]

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World Cup Final Protest Met with Severely Disproportionate Force, Arrests & Police Brutality

By Elena Hodges • July 15, 2014

Clique aqui para Português On the afternoon of the 2014 World Cup final, as Rio’s Maracanã stadium filled with soccer fans, demonstrators congregated just 2km away in the Saens Peña square, in Tijuca, North Zone, regrouping […]

#Rio2016

Final Day of World Cup: Morning Protest Live from Tijuca in Rio de Janeiro

By Gregory Scruggs • July 13, 2014

Two days after a nationwide police operation preemptively arrested several protesters in Rio, São Paulo, and Porto Alegre on trumped-up charges, approximately 500 people gathered for the morning march on the final day of the […]

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  • ‘Justice for Marielle’ Festival Unites Artists and Civil Society to Remember 5 Years Without Justice and Demand Answers [IMAGES]
    By Bárbara Dias • Translation by Cristina Fornara • March 27, 2023
  • ‘Constitution’ Play Makes Democracy More Accessible in Japeri
    By Fabio Leon • Translation by Ujwala Murthy • March 3, 2023
  • In Rio de Janeiro’s Extreme West Zone, the Pioneering Politics of Inclusion, Struggle, and Resistance That Is Uniting Social Service Institutions with Afro-Brazilian Religious Leaders [IMAGES]
    By Bárbara Dias • Translation by Felix Foot • February 27, 2023

  • Understanding Energy Justice and Efficiency in Rio’s Favelas [VIDEO]
    By Jaqueline Suarez • Translation by Pilar Boyero • December 13, 2021
  • Pedra Branca and the Energy Dilemmas of Rio’s Urbanization: From Charcoal to Electricity
    By Antonio Alonso, Iamni Torres Jager • Translation by Trisha Ponti • November 1, 2021
  • Energy That Comes From Waste: Biodigester Turns Sewage into Biogas in Vale Encantado Favela [VIDEO]
    By Jaqueline Suarez • Translation by Saskia Wright • August 1, 2021

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