Recycling is an essential element of waste management for any city, and it becomes an increasingly critical issue proportionately to the size of the city and its metropolitan area. Any degree of recycling reduces the […]
A public hearing conducted to investigate human rights violations in Complexo do Alemão took place on Monday May 4 in the community’s Caic Theóphilo de Souza Pinto School. The meeting was organized by Brazil’s Parliamentary Commission […]
For the original in Portuguese with video, by Renan França, published in O Globo, click here. The number is double what was estimated: the results are based on a database created by Emory University, in Atlanta. Between […]
Clique aqui para Português This is Part 4 in a five-part series documenting Pacifying Police Unit (UPP) Installations. 2013 was a crucial year for the UPPs. In the first four years of the program, the media, […]
For the original in Portuguese, by Maria Eduarda Chagas, published in Estadão, click here. In the pre-Olympics period, 67,000 people were forced to leave their homes, more than were evicted under both Pereira Passos and Lacerda administrations–those most […]