Clique aqui para Português Tension between Rio de Janeiro’s North and South Zone residents has reached a new peak because of the threat of violence on Rio’s beaches in this pre-Olympic year. On August 23, […]
Clique aqui para Português For more than 50 years, Bar Caldo Cana has been a successful business in Riachuelo Square in the neighborhood of Cascadura, in Rio’s North Zone. André Silva dos Santos has worked there for […]
Clique aqui para Português Bairro Carioca, one of Rio de Janeiro’s flagship Minha Casa Minha Vida (MCMV, or My House My Life) housing projects, is frequently referenced by local officials as exemplifying transit-oriented and highly affordable public […]
Clique aqui para Português In a country that has seen the number of cars more than double in the last decade, and in what is now Brazil’s most congested city, Rio de Janeiro’s four planned BRT (Bus […]
For the original by Wilson Tosta in Portuguese for O Estado de São Paulo click here. Lack of government plans allows contractors, real estate developers, and bus companies to act as they wish, say experts. RIO–No […]