Clique aqui para Português While much media coverage of Rio 2016 asked searching questions about Rio and what the future holds for its people, much less attention was paid to the future of the Olympic Games or, in […]
Clique aqui para Português Human rights by definition should, well, be applied to all humans. In practice, however, they are distributed unevenly and sometimes even regarded as something “deserved” only by some. In a series of interviews with […]
Clique aqui para Português On August 31, the Rio de Janeiro Public Defenders Office held a public hearing for residents of the Complexo do Alemão, Jacarezinho, Manguinhos and Caju favelas, all in the North Zone, to voice their […]
Clique aqui para Português Three years after government officials announced that Rocinha in the South Zone would be the third favela in Rio to receive a cable car transport system from the second phase of the […]
Clique aqui para Português On August 27, 2011, there was a terrible accident on the Santa Teresa tram, or bonde, in the hilltop neighborhood in Central Rio which resulted in serious injuries and several deaths. Among […]