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Child Education Center Celebrates 10 Years in Rio’s Complexo da Maré

By Jack Arnhold, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The NGO RioSolidario celebrated the ten year anniversary of its children’s education space in Complexo...

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

By Beatriz Miranda, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Jr. NBA project was inaugurated in Rio yesterday, Wednesday, September 6th, at the Complexo...

NGO in Rio’s Complexo da Maré Needs Funding

By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - For thirteen years the Instituto Vida Real has offered activities and courses for children and...

Two Military Soldiers Shot in Rio’s Complexo da Maré Favela

By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - National security forces are employing operations in the Vila do João favela community, part of...

Military Police to Take Over in Rio’s Complexo da Maré

By Lisa Flueckiger, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Rio de Janeiro's Military Police (PM) force has started to take over command in the...

Pacification Force to Stay in Complexo da Maré 6 More Months

By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Governor Luiz Fernando Pezão announced the Pacification Force in the Complexo da Maré favela community...

Shootouts in Rio’s Complexo da Maré

By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL –Traffic on Avenida Brasil, one of Rio's principal throughways, came to a stop on the...

Census in Complexo da Maré Shows Economic Growth: Daily

By Kate Rintoul, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The first census undertaken in the Complexo da Maré has shown a growing local economy...

Brazilian Armed Forces in Complexo da Maré: Daily

By Michela DellaMonica, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL — Continued efforts in pacifying the Complexo da Maré favela in the Zona Norte (North Zone)...

Arrests Made After Occupation of Complexo da Maré in Rio

By Benjamin Parkin, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Sunday morning, March 30th, police and armed forces began the occupation of the Complexo...

Complexo da Maré Favela Occupied in Rio: Daily

By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – As the sun rose in Rio de Janeiro this morning, Sunday, March 30th, nearly...

Complexo da Maré Waits to Receive UPP

By Maria Lopez Conde, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Residents of Vila dos Pinheiros and Vila do João, favela communities in the massive...

BOPE Occupies Complexo da Maré Favela

By Zoë Roller, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The sprawling Complexo da Maré favelas in Rio’s Zona Norte (North Zone) have been occupied...

Violence in Complexo da Maré Favelas of Rio

By Zoë Roller, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – For the past two weeks, the Complexo da Maré, an agglomeration of sixteen favela communities...

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