Clique aqui para Português Up to 250 people are currently sheltered in the gymnasium of Our Lady of Loreto Catholic Church, near Rio de Janeiro’s international airport, over three months after being violently evicted from the abandoned […]
Three months have passed since the occupation of the 16 favelas that make up the Complexo da Maré. The occupation by the army is a first step towards establishing a Pacifying Police Unit (UPP) in […]
More than 18 months after its completion, the cable car of Morro da Providência was finally launched Wednesday, July 2. Both Mayor Eduardo Paes and Governor Luiz Fernando Pezão were present at the opening ceremony. Cable […]
Clique aqui para Português The World Cup in Brazil has brought unprecedented criticism of the ways in which sporting mega-events are organized and scrutiny over who actually benefits. Though distinct in context and scale, the […]
For the original by Carl Hart, Eliana Sousa Silva and Julita Lemgruber in Portuguese in O Globo click here. What do favelas and ‘cracolândias’ (‘crack lands’) have in common? Both suffer the same problems: they […]