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, […]
For original post in Portuguese on Comitê Popular do Rio click here. After Rio’s City government asked Google to reduce the presence of favelas on the map of Rio de Janeiro, the word “favela” was […]
Clique aqui para Português “There’s a total lack of transparency on the part of the authorities with Colônia and its residents. We want answers,” asserts Juliana Moura Marques, resident of Colônia Juliano Moreira in Jacarepaguá […]
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 […]