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Voz das Comunidades to Publish in Print for Rio’s Favela Residents

By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The residents of Rio's favela communities, which make up nearly a quarter of the city's population, will gain a new printed newspaper next month published by Voz das Comunidades (Voice of the Community), according to a government news source.

Voz das Comunidades was launched in Complexo do Alemão in 2005 as a Portuguese-language, primarily online news outlet focused on issues of residents of favela communities. It mainly covers under-represented and under-reported happenings in neighborhoods where . . .

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