an environmental engineering student at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro who volunteers with Teto Verde Favela. "Everyone deserves to have access to green roofs, especially people who live in ...

Rocinha is the largest favela in Brazil. It is located in the ... According to a census in 2010, it is home to 70, 000 people. Unofficial estimates suggest a much bigger population of up to ...

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and said it had been filmed by a favela resident. The Paraisopolis neighbourhood association denounced the police action. “Early this morning, young people were cornered in alleyways and killed ...

Favela Painting: Rio Cruzeiro, realized in 2008. Image Courtesy of Favela Painting's Kickstarter Page Dutch duo Haas and Hahn gained fame in 2005 for painting a few houses of Rio Janeiro’s ...

Protesters were holding signs reading in Portuguese “Stop killing us” and “Favela asks for peace ... when police used tear gas to disperse people. In 2019 Rio’s police, one of the ...