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Tourism in the Favelas: What About the Residents?

By Itamar Silva • Translation by Luana Gama • January 31, 2013

Clique aqui para Português Click here for original Portuguese Opinion piece by Itamar Silva in O Dia. It is hard to contain water flowing downwards, smoke rising, and the tourist invasion of pacified favelas. Something must be done to […]

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Rent Doubles in Alemão — 417 Families Have 15 Days to Move Out

By Alessandro Lo-Bianco • Translation by Rachel Fox • January 30, 2013

Clique aqui para Português Click here for original Portuguese article by Alessandro Lo-Bianco in O Dia. Since the Complexo do Alemão community was pacified in November of 2010, increased real estate values have caused sleepless […]

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The Favela Today is the Soul of Business

By Gláucia Marinho, Katarine Flor • Translation by Luana Gama • January 18, 2013

Pacifying Police Units (UPPs) guarantee free access to capital in Rio’s impoverished communities. For original article in Portuguese in Brasil de Fato click here. The current politics of military intervention implemented through the UPPs (Pacifying […]

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Bolsa Família and the Feminist Revolution in the Sertão

By Mariana Sanches • Translation by Margó Hufstetler • January 14, 2013

For the original article in Marie Claire in Portuguese click here. Over the past five years anthropologist Walquiria Domingues Leão Rêgo has witnessed a change in behavior in the poorest, and probably most sexist, areas […]

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Political Negligence Exacerbates Natural Disaster in Duque de Caxias

By Anna Kaiser • January 11, 2013

Negligence by state and local officials has led to deteriorating conditions in Duque de Caxias, a municipality in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region just north of Rio itself, only to be brought to a […]

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