Clique aqui para Português Last week, on August 16, residents of Jaqueira in the Vidigal favela in Rio de Janeiro’s South Zone experienced the removal of homes for the second time in four years. The […]
Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article in a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University, to produce articles for the Digital Brazil Project on water issues and the LGBTQIAPN+ […]
Clique aqui para Português Since July 7, 2022, the Banhado favela in São José dos Campos, São Paulo, has been under siege by the Military Police and the Municipal Civil Guard. Truculent searches, cars fined, […]
Clique aqui para Português Originally constructed as a workers’ village for employees of the local fabric factory, Chácara do Algodão is a small community with a long history interlaced with the rise of Brazil’s textile […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the fourth article in a six-part series that comprises the book chapter entitled “Not Everyone Has a Price: How the Small Favela of Vila Autódromo’s Fight Opened a Path to Olympic […]