Favela residents in Vidigal watch at the entrance of the Lamparina party
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The Asphalt Invades the Favelas

For original article by Marsílea Gombata in Portuguese in Carta Capital click here. It could be New Year’s Eve in Búzios: young people, well dressed, girls in skimpy clothing and jewellery who love to be tanned […]

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From Fishing Village to Trendy Favela

Clique aqui para Português The mansions that now line Niemeyer Avenue between Rio de Janeiro’s Leblon and São Conrado neighborhoods were built starting at the end of the 1950s. With the excuse that they were […]