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[ December 6, 2022 ] ‘2nd Bulletin on Racism and Violence in the Baixada Fluminense’ Focused on Murders of Children in the Greater Rio de Janeiro Region by Community Contributors
[ December 2, 2022 ] ‘Blackiteracy’ and the Empowered Rê Tinta Anti-Racist Comics *Highlight
[ November 30, 2022 ] The Degradation of Rio de Janeiro’s Urban Wetlands, Part 4: Utility Provider Iguá to Invest Billions in the Region’s Sewage Treatment #InterventionWatch
[ November 28, 2022 ] Citizenship Just on Paper: The Economics of Hunger for 33 Million Chronically Hungry in Brazil and Lula’s Plan to Fix It *Highlight
[ November 25, 2022 ] The Degradation of Rio de Janeiro’s Urban Wetlands, Part 3: Growing Frequency of Flooding in Jacarepaguá Lagoon Communities by Community Contributors

Culture in Rio: The More Collective the Better

By Silvana Bahia • Translation by Emma Platais • February 20, 2014

For the original by Silvana Bahia in Portuguese for Observatório de Favelas click here. The strengthening of the idea of the city as a place to meet and exchange ideas has spurred the formation of […]

Residents in Rio Favela Lose Homes to Cable Car

By Silvana Bahia • Translation by Rachel Fox • November 3, 2012

Clique aqui para Português Click here for original article, in Portuguese, by Silvana Bahia* for BBC Brasil. The Morro da Providência community, between the Port Region and Central Station, holds an important place in the […]