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‘Bless Yourself, It’ll Work Out’ Carnival Parade Through Maré Favelas Reaffirms Rights [IMAGES]

By Gabriel Loiola • Translation by Edmund Ruge • March 4, 2020

Clique aqui para Português On February 29, the carnival bloco “Bless Yourself, It’ll All Work Out” paraded through the streets of Complexo da Maré, in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone. The cloudy day did not […]

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The ‘Discontinuous Continuity’ of Favela Upgrading Programs [REFERENCE]

By Gabriele Roza, Giulia Santos, Juliana Marques • Translation by Sharonya Vadakattu • January 6, 2020

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese published by data_labe on Medium, click here. Reporting by Gabriele Roza, with data analysis by Juliana Marques, and art by Giulia Santos. Mayor Marcelo Crivella […]

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‘Marvelous Port,’ Rio’s Largest Urban Redevelopment Project, 10 Years On

By Tara Nelson • November 18, 2019

Clique aqui para Português Launched in 2009 in the lead up to the 2016 Olympic Games, Porto Maravilha (Marvelous Port) is the largest urban redevelopment program in recent decades in Rio de Janeiro. Described as an […]

*Highlight

Reconnecting With Senses, Flavor, and Knowledge of Rio’s Serra da Misericórdia

By Abby Hanna • July 17, 2019

Clique aqui para Português On Saturday, June 29, Verdejar, a socio-environmental organization located along the edge of the Complexo do Alemão favelas in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, held an event to celebrate the environment […]

Photo by Tania Rego/Agência Brasil
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After City Breaks Promises, Metrô-Mangueira Families Struggle to Stay Afloat in Replacement Housing

By Tyler Strobl • July 11, 2019

Clique aqui para Português Prior to 2010, residents of centrally-located Metrô-Mangueira in Rio’s inner North Zone were approached by government workers—allegedly to sign up those in need for Bolsa Família, a government conditional cash transfer […]

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