Clique aqui para Português Rio de Janeiro is known to be an unequal place. Resulting from historic inequalities and urban planning concepts dating back to the beginning of the 20th century, the city’s socioeconomic segregation is highly driven […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the first article in a series by researcher Stephanie Reist,* on Rio’s metropolitan region. It is part 1 of 2 articles introducing the Baixada Fluminense. For part 2 on the region’s culture, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]