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‘We Cannot Allow Cities To Be Emptied of Their True Citizens’: Princess Abze Djigma of Burkina Faso Visits Rio’s Cândido Mendes Mansion

By Bárbara Dias • Translation by Staff • May 21, 2026

Clique aqui para Português Residents of the Cândido Mendes Mansion in Santa Teresa, a neighborhood in central Rio de Janeiro, received a distinguished visitor on May 7, Her Royal Highness Princess Abze Djigma of Burkina […]

#EvictionsWatch

‘This Is Where My Life Began:’ Residents of Santa Teresa Occupation Claim Right to Stay in Talks With Federal Heritage Secretariat

By Bárbara Dias • Translation by Ujwala Murthy • May 14, 2026

Clique aqui para Português Residents of the Cândido Mendes Mansion in Santa Teresa, a neighborhood in central Rio de Janeiro, are at imminent risk of repossession proceedings leading to eviction after a construction project contracted […]

*Highlight

Cerro Corá Residents in Motion: Favela Collective Strengthens Community Through Literacy, Memory, Culture and Film [PROFILE]

By Bárbara Dias • Translation by Marina Devine Guzmán • August 6, 2025

Clique aqui para Português In 2013, in the Cerro Corá favela, nestled between the neighborhoods of Cosme Velho and Santa Teresa, in Rio de Janeiro’s South Zone, the Cerro Corá Residents in Motion Collective was […]

*Highlight

João Danado: Tradition, Resistance and Cultural Power in the Heart of the Santo Amaro Favela [IMAGES]

By Amanda Rocha, Nandara Mendes • Translation by Marina Devine Guzmán • July 7, 2025

Clique aqui para Português The Santo Amaro favela is located in Rio de Janeiro’s South Zone, more specifically between the neighborhoods of Catete, Glória, and Santa Teresa. During the early hours of June 7, 2025, […]

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Rio’s New ‘Extreme Rainfall Vulnerability Index’, Rio 60ºC, Shows 600,000 Homes at High Risk of Landslides or Flooding

By Felipe Lucena • Translation by A.M. Oliver • May 16, 2025

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Felipe Lucena published in Diário do Rio, click here.  Morro dos Prazeres and Rocinha are among the areas identified in a study developed by Ambiental Media […]

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