Clique aqui para Português Favela-Bairro was an ambitious program established in 1994 with the aim of upgrading favelas to the status of formal neighborhoods (“bairros” in Portuguese) through infrastructure interventions, public services, public facilities, and […]
Clique aqui para Português On Monday, April 8, residents, community organizers, civil society organizations, and politicians gathered for a public hearing at Niterói’s City Hall to discuss the low-income housing crisis in the city across […]
Clique aqui para Português During a February 13 appearance on TV Globo, Mayor Marcelo Crivella was prompted to discuss the situation in Rio das Pedras, a West Zone community that was among the many Rio de Janeiro neighborhoods […]
Clique aqui para Português “Brazil, the time has come to hear the Marias, Mahins, Marielles, Malês,” goes the 2019 Carnival theme song of one of Rio de Janeiro’s most famous samba schools, Mangueira. The line is a […]
Clique aqui para Português A resident of the Maré favela complex and graduate in Advertising from the Federal Fluminense University (UFF), at 23, Andrezza Francisco Paulo has already had a number of intense life experiences. In […]