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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...

NGO Redes da Maré Offers Free Yoga Classes in Favela Complex

By Ciara Long, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Once a week, seventy residents of Complexo da Maré favela community gather to practice yoga...

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...

Photography Exhibition of Maré Dance Company in Rio on August 10th

By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – "Do lado de dentro, do lado de fora" (Inside, Outside) an exhibition of works...

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...

Museu da Maré Receives Government Protection in Rio

By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - After facing closure earlier this year, the Museu da Maré was recognized as a tourist...

Residents Tell of Abuse by Pacification Force in Maré

By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Government news agency, Agência Brasil, reported that since the Army's occupation of the Complexo da...

Community Members Fight Closure of Museu da Maré

By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Museu da Maré, a well known museum and cultural center located in Rio's...

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...

Letter: Nightmare in Brazil

Letter to the Editor, by Patricia Shawcross SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - On January 8th this year Brian Shawcross set off on a four day business...

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