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 Festival), with groups from inside and outside the favela taking part. The […]
Clique aqui para Português Jacarezinho, a favela in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, was founded during the industrialization boom of the 1920s, which offered extensive employment and was the principal reason for the […]
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Clique aqui para Português The Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro are almost upon us, yet the city’s lack of preparedness continues to provide international media with an endless feed of concerning stories. The most […]
Clique aqui para Português For a long time favelas were adrift from the debates at the heart of this city, thought of as marginalized and wrapped up in violence and poverty. Their residents forever carried […]
Clique aqui para Português Located in Rio’s West Zone, around 7km west of the newly built Olympic Park, the community of César Maia is a 22-year-old social housing complex that’s home to an incredible sociocultural project […]