Clique aqui para Português This is Part 1 in a four-part series on the History of Rio de Janeiro’s Military Police. Click for Parts 2, 3, and 4. To fully understand the nature of the Brazilian […]
Clique aqui para Português Every month, representatives of 116 families meet in a warehouse in central Rio. The families currently live in different parts of the city: in the favelas of Parque da Cidade and […]
For the original article in Portuguese on Portal Geledés via Diário do Nordeste click here. The financial assistance given to families living in extreme poverty through the program Bolsa Família (“Family Stipend”) does not deter them […]
Clique aqui para Português Since the founding of the Grameen Bank in 1976, the use of microfinance in development economics has proven a remarkably effective method of providing credit to the impoverished. Often lacking access […]
With last night’s closing ceremonies in London, another Olympic Games has come and gone. The multi-pronged torch has been extinguished. The official Olympic Flag has been passed to the hands of Rio’s mayor Eduardo Paes. […]