The Brazilian Winter
For the original full post in Portuguese by Dodô Azevedo on G1 click here. June 14, 2013 João do Rio, the famous nineteenth-century Carioca journalist and writer, used to say that to learn the facts […]
For the original full post in Portuguese by Dodô Azevedo on G1 click here. June 14, 2013 João do Rio, the famous nineteenth-century Carioca journalist and writer, used to say that to learn the facts […]
Last month in Providência Favela Não Se Cala organized a gathering of over fifty people that included residents of favelas from across the city, public defenders, law students, activists and social workers. Photographers and videographers flitted […]
For the past five years, Irenaldo Honório da Silva, president of the Pica-Pau Residents’ Association, has helped to organize his community in Rio’s North Zone for a day of entertainment in partnership with social and […]
“What is this ‘pacification’ that is coming?” challenged favela residents last Saturday May 11th at a debate on public security in Maré. For weeks, the group of communities has been undergoing daily raids by the […]
Clique aqui para Português Irenaldo Honório da Silva, president of the Pica-Pau Residents’ Association, is at a loss. The small favela where he has led community organizing efforts for over twenty years, slightly north of […]