Clique aqui para Português “Money! Money! Your house!”-That’s how Vilma Cristina Ribeiro, 43 and a lifelong Vidigal resident, says foreign investors approach her as they come into Carlos Duque Street, located in the upper part of […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Ciro Barros in Portuguese published in Pública click here. “They don’t destroy just the house. They destroy that person’s entire life, their plans, and projects,” states Elisângela […]
“I have one rule,” says Felipe Paiva, as my calves start to feel the burn from ascending the streets of Vidigal, “to see the view point at the top of Vidigal, you can’t drive, take a […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article by community journalist Mariana Albanese in Portuguese for Vidiga! click here. One year ago was a decisive moment in our history. Late Saturday night, November 13, 2011, Vidigal […]
Clique aqui para Português A Babilonia couple that now owns two houses in the increasingly pricey Zona Sul favela may end up owning nothing, and all because they tried to follow the city’s ever changing […]