Clique aqui para Português It was June 2014, the Brazil-Cameroon World Cup game was on in a restaurant in upscale Gávea in Rio de Janeiro’s South Zone. Kelson Succi, a black resident of Complexo do […]
Clique aqui para Português On the evening of Monday, November 13, the Rio de Janeiro City Council building hosted a Black Awareness Month ‘rolezinho’ tour of the building and a panel discussion on “The Right to the […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the first article in a three-part series on the connections between Rio de Janeiro’s favelas and Maputo’s caniços, focusing on history, land regularization, and culture. In addition to having […]
Clique aqui para Português The criminalization of poverty is a global phenomenon of mistreatment and prejudice faced by the poorest members of society due to their economic circumstances, often influenced by and perpetuating racism and other forms of discrimination. […]
For the original by Fransérgio Goulart in Portuguese, published in Viva Favela, click here. Residents have to jump over the wall to reach the swimming pool In 2008, the teenager Cristiano Pereira Tavares, then aged 13, […]