Clique aqui para Português On Wednesday, July 25, a different type of fight took place in the martial arts gym of the nonprofit organization Fight for Peace: a fight against violence and discrimination against Afro-Brazilian women. […]
Clique aqui para Português Handwritten by a child, a note sticking to the wall of a room at the NGO Fight for Peace in Maré draws attention: “I think that she did her part and died.” […]
Clique aqui para Português On Monday, June 11, at 6:30am residents of Complexo da Maré awoke to thunderous high caliber rounds. A police helicopter strafed low over rooftops in the favelas of Nova Holanda, Parque União, […]
Clique aqui para Português Tinguá is a rather bucolic region of Nova Iguaçu, in Greater Rio de Janeiro, surrounded by hills with dense vegetation and areas of environmental protection. What breaks with this vision of […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the third article in a five-part series on community museums and resistance in Rio’s favelas in honor of Brazil’s 16th Annual Museum Week (May 16-20, 2018). “Sure, there are people here who merit […]