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Digest These Data: Survey Shows 94% of Favela Residents Are Happy

By G1 • Translation by Christopher Owens • July 1, 2015

Clique aqui para Português For the original in Portuguese by Fantástico in February 2014 with video, on G1, click here. DataPopular surveyed 2000 people in 63 favelas in Brazil. The survey also revealed that 65% consider […]

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Young People Deserve More: A Critique of Attempts to Reduce the Age of Criminal Responsiblity

By Alan Miranda • Translation by Cara D’Rosario • May 27, 2015

For the original in Portuguese, by Alan Miranda, published in Observatório de Favelas, click here. By the age of 16 in our society one can have a multitude of jobs, desires, possibilities and perspectives on life. At […]

Ruins at the site of the primary disembarkment of slaves in Rio: large influx of slave ships from 1758 to 1831 and periods of less activity were studied by Emory University - Agência O Globo / Márcia Foletto
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Research Indicates that Rio Received Two Million Enslaved Africans

By Renan França • Translation by Elizabeth Gladding • May 11, 2015

For the original in Portuguese with video, by Renan França, published in O Globo, click here. The number is double what was estimated: the results are based on a database created by Emory University, in Atlanta. Between […]

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Book Maps Forced Eviction of Residents During Eduardo Paes Administration

By Maria Eduarda Chagas • Translation by Arianne Reis • May 5, 2015

For the original in Portuguese, by Maria Eduarda Chagas, published in Estadão, click here. In the pre-Olympics period, 67,000 people were forced to leave their homes, more than were evicted under both Pereira Passos and Lacerda administrations–those most […]

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The Metropolis of Rio de Janeiro: A space in transition [BOOK REVIEW]

By Caitlin Dixon • March 9, 2015

The ongoing urban transformations in Rio de Janeiro continue to garner international academic attention, and are the basis for the e-book publication of The Metropolis of Rio de Janeiro: A Space in Transition in English last year. The […]

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