Clique aqui para Português On Wednesday July 1 the Brazilian Congress rejected a proposal that would lower the age of criminal responsibility for heinous crimes from 18 to 16. Congress members spent all of Tuesday June 30 […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original in Portuguese by Fantástico in February 2014 with video, on G1, click here. DataPopular surveyed 2000 people in 63 favelas in Brazil. The survey also revealed that 65% consider […]
Clique aqui para Português On Wednesday June 24, NGO Viva Rio hosted a public meeting in Gloria, in the South Zone of Rio to discuss the importance of collectives as a new form of community organization and their role inside and […]
Clique aqui para Português Many projects were promised when the City and State of Rio de Janeiro turned their attention to social program planning in Complexo da Maré. The authorities began to consider investing in social programs […]
For the original in Portuguese, published in Viva Favela, click here. “Let’s quit this shooting all around us. This violence is killing residents, no one can take it any more.” This was a request made […]