Clique aqui para Português For the original in Portuguese by Camila Nobrega, published in Canal Ibase, click here. In the doorway of one of the houses under construction in the Condomínio Esperança (Hope Condominium)—built by the housing […]
Clique aqui para Português Waste management is a problem faced by virtually every favela in Rio de Janeiro. Most communities suffer inadequate or non-existent waste collection services because public agencies miscount the local population and provide inadequate services, […]
Clique aqui para Português Vila Autódromo, in Rio’s West Zone, is under extreme pressure of evictions from the City in preparation for the 2016 Olympics. Most residents have left, selling their houses to the City or exchanging them for […]
Clique aqui para Português On Wednesday July 1 the Brazilian Congress rejected a proposal that would lower the age of criminal responsibility for heinous crimes from 18 to 16. Congress members spent all of Tuesday June 30 […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original in Portuguese by Fantástico in February 2014 with video, on G1, click here. DataPopular surveyed 2000 people in 63 favelas in Brazil. The survey also revealed that 65% consider […]