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Laje, Sweet Laje
Clique aqui para Português For original article in Viva Favela click here. Lack of space has become a chronic problem in Rio’s favelas. It is evident that in the last few years buildings have grown […]
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Alemão’s Lenses
Clique aqui para Português “Why toil in the country, in the city? The machine will do it for us. Why think, imagine? The machine will do it for us. Why write a poem? The machine […]
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Demolished Memory
Clique aqui para Português For Portuguese original in O Globo click here (or here). The government of the State of Rio de Janeiro holds firm its decision to demolish the Municipal School Arthur Freidenriech, with almost […]
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Funk and FLUPP: The Future of the Favela Party
Clique aqui para Português “There is no more pleasure over there on the Hill of Pleasures [Morro dos Prazeres]…” This line, from the composition by the songwriter and poet Paulo César Pinheiro, comes from the […]
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Threatened, Providência’s Small Businesses Organize Gastronomic and Culture Festival
Clique aqui para Português In the bright expansive upper level dining area of her Providência restaurant, Pensão Sabor de Ana, Ana Maria dos Santos, 50, explains the mixed fortunes of her business since the community, […]