Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Orlando Alves dos Santos Junior in Portuguese published by Le Monde Diplomatique Brasil click here. The institutional political coup that resulted in the illegitimate ousting of President Dilma Rousseff […]
Clique aqui para Português Three years after government officials announced that Rocinha in the South Zone would be the third favela in Rio to receive a cable car transport system from the second phase of the […]
The original Portuguese version of this article was published in Revista OCAS, a print publication supporting Rio’s homeless population by the Civil Organization for Social Action (OCAS). In 2015, the Rio de Janeiro Municipal Development […]
Clique aqui para Português In September 2015 the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, wrote an opinion piece in Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo proudly proclaiming that the Rio Olympics would leave the most […]
Clique aqui para Português The criminalization of poverty is a global phenomenon of mistreatment and prejudice faced by the poorest members of society due to their economic circumstances, often influenced by and perpetuating racism and other forms of discrimination. […]