For the original in Portuguese, by Alan Miranda, published in Observatório de Favelas, click here. By the age of 16 in our society one can have a multitude of jobs, desires, possibilities and perspectives on life. At […]
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 […]
Last week, hundreds of people in Complexo do Alemão marched to call for an end to violence in their community. The march followed 24 hours during which at least five people were shot dead, including 10-year-old Eduardo de Jesus Ferreira, shot […]
An event to include independent community media in the conversation around the 2016 Olympic Games took place on March 19 in the 2016 Organizing Committee building in Cidade Nova. The event was the result of […]
Clique aqui para Português The Maré complex—a group of 16 communities of over 130,000 inhabitants and innumerable civil society organizations located in Rio’s North Zone—was the 39th favela in Rio de Janeiro to go through the […]