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[ March 31, 2023 ] Parliamentary Front for Climate Justice Launch at Rio’s Legislative Assembly Debates Environmental Racism and Public Policies in Favelas by Community Contributors
[ March 30, 2023 ] The Criminal and the Vagrant: Brazilian Mass Media’s Bloody Discourse Defends White Privilege and Sentences Favelas [EDITORIAL] #MediaWatch
[ March 29, 2023 ] ‘Marielle Lives On! Favelas Rebuilding Brazil’ Promotes Discussion about Marielle Franco’s Legacy [IMAGES] *Highlight
[ March 27, 2023 ] ‘Justice for Marielle’ Festival Unites Artists and Civil Society to Remember 5 Years Without Justice and Demand Answers [IMAGES] #MarielleLegacy
[ March 26, 2023 ] SOS! Residents of ‘Trendy’ Vidigal Favela Once Again Threatened with Forced Evictions: Environmental Racism and State Neglect in the Face of Extreme Weather Events [IMAGES] #EvictionsWatch

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, […]