For the original in Portuguese by the Rio Popular Committee for the World Cup and Olympics click here. A protest of about 20 people on the doorstep of Rio’s City Hall on Wednesday October 30 […]
Clique aqui para Português On October 1, Brazil celebrated the 10th anniversary of the passage of its Statute of the Elderly, a landmark piece of legislation that consolidates basic rights for Brazilian citizens over the […]
Clique aqui para Português In 2003, President Luiz Ignacio “Lula” da Silva launched the Bolsa Família program to promote social progress for impoverished families. This and other programs were implemented in an effort to decrease […]
For the original by Artur Voltolini in Portuguese for Observatório de Favelas click here. Although 77% of Rio’s cultural facilities are concentrated in the South Zone, half of the city’s inhabitants live in the West Zone. […]
For the original by Mariana Alvim in Portuguese on Viva Favela click here. Fewer motorized vehicles, proximity to points of interest, and a sense of community: these are some of the features that would make favelas good […]