Clique aqui para Português Resident account on the state of violence in the community of Complexo do Alemão. Today I woke up reflecting on what is going on in my favela. I started to realize that […]
Clique aqui para Português This post is RioOnWatch’s third and final contribution to Blog Action Day 2014 in which bloggers around the world reflect on this year’s theme: Inequality. Check out our series of articles marking this day. Brazil is known for […]
Clique aqui para Português This post is the first of three RioOnWatch contributions to Blog Action Day 2014 in which bloggers around the world reflect on this year’s theme: Inequality. Check out our series of […]
Clique aqui para Português In 2009, a new federal housing program, Minha Casa Minha Vida (MCMV) or My Life My House, redirected resources for housing and local development in urban Brazil towards mass-construction of public housing. […]
For the original by Marsílea Gombata in Portuguese, published in Carta Capital, click here. As Rio citizens vote Sunday, militias act discreetly and go back to supporting candidates rather than running for office themselves. Aside from the R$48 […]