Favela

NBA Launches Basketball Social Project in Rio’s Complexo da Maré

In partnership with the local project "Maré que Transforma" (Tide that Transforms), the Jr. NBA program will offer free basketball...

September 7, 2017

Brazil’s Army Launch Second Phase of Action in Rio Favelas

Security forces in Rio de Janeiro, along with Brazilian Army and Navy troops, have been conducting a major offensive against...

August 5, 2017

Rio Love Story Launches Cultural Interaction Program in Vidigal

Defined as a destination manager service, the tourism outfit Rio Love Story was launched in August 2016 just before the...

June 23, 2017

NGO in Rio’s Complexo da Maré Needs Funding

For thirteen years the Instituto Vida Real has offered activities and courses for children and young people from the Nova...

May 17, 2017

Violence Erupts as Gang War Engulfs Area in Rio’s Zona Norte

A war between drug gang factions in the Cidade Alta, of Cordovil, in the Zona Norte (North Zone) of Rio...

May 3, 2017

Rio’s Vila Autódromo is the Setting for Short Film Going to Cannes

The short film "Vazio do Lado de Fora" (Empty on the Outside), by director Eduardo Brandão Pinto (BP), will be...

May 1, 2017

Rio UPP Social Project Sends 50 to Jiu-Jitsu Championship

The UPP Generation project will send fifty young athletes to the championship in São Paulo, between April 23rd and 30th.

April 13, 2017

Editorial: Rio is Burning, the First UPP was Literally Set on Fire

Editorial, by Stone Korshak RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Last night the first UPP (Police Peacekeeping Unit) station created in...

March 31, 2017

Rio Favela Complex Offers Places in Children’s Orchestra

Orquestra Maréimbau, which offers children in Maré favela complex the opportunity to learn classical music and instruments, opens registration for...

March 15, 2017