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For the original article in Portuguese by Caio Quero on BBC Brasil click here. The creation of shopping malls in Rio’s favelas may reinforce the distance between these communities and the rest of the city, […]
When I first thought about moving to Vidigal, the first and only concern of the few people that found it strange was: what about the drug traffickers? Since I knew the danger in this respect […]
Clique aqui para Português This is Part 3 of a three-part series on the History of Favela Upgrades in Rio. Click for Part 1 and Part 2. In Rio, the end of the 2000s brought a trickle of funding to a […]
For original article in Portuguese by Ricardo Nascimento in Jogo de Mandingo click here. A vision of the tropical paradise The city of Rio de Janeiro has always been the postcard image for Brazil. A […]
For the original Opinion piece by Eliane Sousa Silva, Director of Redes da Maré (Maré Development Network), in Portuguese, published first in print in O Globo, republished by LECC, click here. News of the UPP’s entry […]