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Education and Technology in Favelas: Tela Preta Tech Holds First Favela Education Fair

By Pilar Boyero • Translation by Cheyne Bull • April 26, 2021

 Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series created in partnership with the Center for Critical Studies in Language, Education, and Society (NECLES), at the Fluminense Federal University (UFF), to produce articles to be […]

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Sentenced to Death by Rio Police for Carrying an Umbrella and a Baby Sling: A Mother Speaks [INTERVIEW]

By Carla Souza • Translation by Edmund Ruge • September 18, 2019

Clique aqui para Português This is the second article in a year-long partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University to produce a series of monthly favela-sourced human rights reporting from […]

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Six Months of Rio Governor Witzel in the Favelas, Part 2: Economic and Social Development

By Luisa Fenizola • Translation by Gabriel Martins • August 27, 2019

Clique Aqui para Português  This is the second installment in a two-part article monitoring the actions of Rio de Janeiro Governor Wilson Witzel since taking office, focusing on public security, governance, and social and economic development. […]

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Seminar Disseminates Urban Policy Approaches from Perspective of the ‘Potency of Peripheries’

By Luisa Fenizola • Translation by Cheyne Bull • April 16, 2019

Clique aqui para Português On Tuesday, April 2, the seminar “New Paradigms for Urban Policies from the Perspective of the Potency of Peripheries” took place at the Favelas Observatory in Complexo da Maré with the support […]

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Abandonment and Exclusion: The Rio 2016 Games’ Primary Legacy

By Renan Schuindt • Translation by Sharonya Vadakattu • September 26, 2017

Clique aqui para Português According to the Rio Olympics Public Authority: “Legacy is a set of infrastructure works (including sports infrastructure) and public policies in the areas of mobility, environment, urban upgrades, education, and culture that […]

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