Clique aqui para Português The traditional Acari Fair, which for five decades brightened Sunday mornings around the Acari/Fazenda Botafogo metro station, was abruptly closed on January 22 by Mayor Eduardo Paes, who shared on his […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the second article in a series covering the events of the 3rd Annual Full-Network Meet-Up of the Sustainable Favela Network, which happened online on November 7, 2020. The Sustainable Favela […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Bruno Villas Bôas published by Valor Econômico click here. Residents of Brazilian favelas have a combined purchasing power of R$119.8 billion (US$27.7 billion) per […]
Clique aqui para Português At least two evictions mark Vila Kennedy’s history. The first, after the 1964 military coup, was when families were evicted from Favela do Esqueleto. The state government carried out the eviction […]
Clique aqui para Português In Rio de Janeiro’s favelas, enterprising residents with their own businesses respond to their neighbors’ needs. In the favela complex of Maré alone, there are over 140,000 residents spread across 17 favelas. Each […]