Clique aqui para Português Valdirene Oliveira Militão, affectionately known as Val in the Roquete Pinto favela in Complexo da Maré, located in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, where she has lived for 52 years, embodies […]
Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series on energy justice and efficiency in Rio’s favelas. What is the perception of favela residents about the quality of energy service delivered to their […]
Clique aqui para Português On July 27, community, municipal, and environmental organizations gathered in Maré to discuss 22 years since the Guanabara Bay Remediation Program (PDBG) was initiated, and the unfortunate consequences for the region of […]
Clique aqui para Português Time of fear What are our fears? In the time of fear there were rotten planks, Children falling into the water, gales, storms, rats, removals… In the time of fear there […]
For the original in Portuguese, by Miriane da Costa Peregrino, published in Vozes das Comunidades, click here. Faced with threats of eviction, residents speak out in defense of the museum Museu da Maré celebrated nine years on Friday […]