Providência

Efeito Urbano dance group perform at Providencia cultural festival. Photo by Miriane Peregrino

Providência Hosts Cultural Festival Featuring Local Capoeira, Theater, Cinema and Environmental Action Groups

Clique aqui para Português On June 23, the Largo do Cruzeiro square in Providencia in central Rio de Janeiro hosted the Festival Subindo a Ladeira (Climbing the Hill [...]

August 5, 2016

Image from 'Rio 2016 - Os Jogos da Exclusão' Facebook page

A New Olympic Sport: City Cleansing

Clique aqui para Português In two months time, the eyes of the world will be firmly fixed on Rio de Janeiro, and the municipal government has spent the last seven years [...]

June 5, 2016

Photo from Coletivo Papo Reto Facebook page

Complexo do Alemão Remembers 10 Year Old Eduardo de Jesus Killed by UPP Police Last Year

Clique aqui para Português April 2 marked an important anniversary for the North Zone favela of Complexo do Alemão. One year ago on the day, an officer from the Pacifying [...]

April 7, 2016

Mangueira, 1971. Image courtesy of Favela Tem Memória/Viva Rio

‘Favelas Have Memory’ Exhibition Explores Social Memory of Rio’s Favelas [IMAGES]

Clique aqui para Português Favela Tem Memória (Favelas Have Memory) is an exhibition by the NGO Viva Rio that explores the history of 12 favelas situated along [...]

March 15, 2016

‘Olympic Favela’ Exhibition Shows Powerful Portraits of Olympic Evictees [IMAGES]

Clique aqui para Português A new art exhibition in Rio de Janeiro explores the effects of forced evictions in preparation for the upcoming Olympics. The project “Olympic [...]

January 28, 2016

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