Clique aqui para Português As Olympics tickets remain cost prohibitive for a large number of Rio de Janeiro’s residents, including many from Rio’s favelas, on Wednesday, August 17, high-ranking member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Patrick […]
Clique aqui para Português On Friday August 5, millions of people around the world watched as passinho dancers took to the stage at the Olympic Opening Ceremony. This moment, emblematically put to the favela anthem “Rap da […]
Clique aqui para Português Housing rights groups had hoped that the arrival of the Olympic Games would bring an end to the painful and extraordinary period of forced evictions Rio has experienced since the city was selected […]
Clique aqui para Português In Estácio, a centrally located neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, Block 15 of the Zé Keti social housing complex, part of the Minha Casa Minha Vida (MCMV) program, has been the home […]
Clique aqui para Português “Wit is a dangerous weapon,” wrote French philosopher Michel de Montaigne. George Orwell remarked that every joke is a tiny revolution. Mark Twain proclaimed laughter as the only truly effective weapon […]