#UPPWatch
Favela Citizenship and the UPPs
“I just want to be happy, walk with tranquility in the favela where I was born. And be proud and have the awareness that a poor person has his place… My dear authorities, I don’t know […]
Writer: Corinne Cath
#UPPWatch
Participation Under Pacification: A Lost Opportunity?
“In theory it sounded like one of the most innovative models for including citizens in the democratic decision making process,” one Federal University of Rio doctoral candidate told me. Her research focuses on participatory processes […]
#GentrificationWatch
The Gringos Are Coming! Poverty Programs Gentrify Rocinha
Over the past month I’ve crashed the occasional night on the couch of a friend in Rocinha, as is common among many young foreigners who visit Rio’s favelas not only to research or volunteer, but […]
Understanding Rio
The Myth of Carnival
As legend goes, once upon a time there were two blocos (carnival street parties) leaving from opposite ends of Ipanema. In their first year they met in the middle and turned around to return to […]
by International Observers
On the Origin of ‘Favela’
‘Please be careful when you open the overhead luggage after landing, and please remember there is still time to give a donation to our youth program in the favelas. Your donation can help a young […]