Providência

‘Stroll of the Favelados’ Takes Us For An Inside Look Around Rio’s Port District

Clique aqui para Português Recently, a new edition of the unique tour style, Rolé dos Favelados (Stroll of the Favelados), took place, this one questioning the Port [...]

August 23, 2017

8 Root Causes of Violence That Will Be Overlooked in Coverage of Rio’s Olympic Anniversary

Clique aqui para Português One year after the Olympic Games, and Rio de Janeiro is reeling from a wave of violence that would be unimaginable to the thousands of tourists [...]

July 31, 2017

The Right to Live: Favela Residents Celebrate Community and Fight for Their Rights

Clique aqui para Português Rio de Janeiro is known worldwide for beautiful beachfront neighborhoods such as Copacabana, and the striking statue of Christ the Redeemer, yet [...]

June 29, 2017

‘Intelligent Garden’ Holds Permaculture and Composting Workshop in Providência

Clique aqui para Português On Sunday June 11, during the Virada Sustentável Rio de Janeiro (Sustainable Turnaround Rio de Janeiro), an introductory workshop on permaculture [...]

June 17, 2017

Two Distant Places Intimately Connected Through the Birth of Brazil’s First Favela

Clique aqui para Português It’s an old story to anyone familiar with Rio’s favelas and their history: the first favela was founded in 1897, when veterans of the Canudos [...]

June 5, 2017

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