rocinha is also routinely discussed and followed in vivafavela, a highly recommended source for anthropological and current studies -  on this site, local correspondents submit articles and pictures offering a precious insight in the day-to-day of the favela.   vivafavela posts pictures of rocinha's gay parade on this link.     

among the many websites dedicated to rocinha, we also recommend rocinha. org that, while still in development, has interesting links to news, history, and funk - for images,  foto favela posts pictures of rocinha on this page.

we took a walk on rua 4 in rocinha, a newly redeveloped street symbolic of the progress being made, and posted our photographs on this page.