Clique aqui para Português On Saturday, diverse groups interested in the cleanup of the Guanabara Bay came together for a boat ride in support of the bay’s fishermen. Fishing communities in the Guanabara Bay have […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the third in a five-part series titled Housing Policy Lessons from Rio’s Favelas. We hope this series will inform debates on housing and favela upgrading and that Rio’s new mayor, Marcelo […]
Clique aqui para Português On August 27, 2011, there was a terrible accident on the Santa Teresa tram, or bonde, in the hilltop neighborhood in Central Rio which resulted in serious injuries and several deaths. Among […]
Clique aqui para Português On Friday, August 5, several hundred protesters gathered in the Saens Peña square in Tijuca just hours before the Olympics opening ceremony was due to take place in nearby Maracanã stadium. […]
Clique aqui para Português On Saturday July 16 activists and residents of Complexo do Alemão in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone participated in a peaceful demonstration to denounce violence—which has escalated in recent months in […]