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[ March 27, 2025 ] ‘It’s a Right! Without Water, We’ll Die’: World Water Day Protest Demands the Right to Water in the Favelas of Greater Rio *Highlight
[ March 24, 2025 ] Storm Hits Model Community Agroecology Project, Exposing Lack of Environmental Policy and Neglect of Favela-Based Climate Solutions in Rio de Janeiro *Highlight

Rio Top Tour

By Jamie Worms • August 4, 2011

On August 30, 2010, the State Secretary of Tourism, Sport and Leisure launched a tourist attraction called Rio Top Tour in Santa Marta, Rio de Janeiro´s first pacified favela as of December 22, 2008. The […]

Port Revitalization Targets Brazil’s First Favela

By Jamie Worms • June 23, 2011

On Friday June 10th, the UPP (Pacifying Policy Unit) Social [program] hosted a public meeting on Praça Américo Brum in the historic neighborhood of Morro da Providência. Home to over 5,500 residents in 1,720 households, […]