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The University Olympus

By Hosana Souza • Translation by Sarah De Rose • January 25, 2012

“When my friends began University, their parents gave them a car and a laptop, so they could carry texts without hurting their backs. My father gave me a RioCard (for the public bus system), a […]

Babilônia and the Threat of Gentrification

By Sarah De Rose • August 22, 2011

Clique aqui para Português August 22, 2011—As I climbed Morro da Babilônia, up the Leme hillside overlooking Copacabana, I was taken aback by this community’s sheer beauty. Unlike many of the favelas here in Rio, […]