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Rio Top Tour

By Jamie Worms • August 4, 2011

On August 30, 2010, the State Secretary of Tourism, Sport and Leisure launched a tourist attraction called Rio Top Tour in Santa Marta, Rio de Janeiro´s first pacified favela as of December 22, 2008. The […]

Houses on Morro Santa Marta over buildings in Botafogo

Way Beyond the UPP

By MC Fiell • Translation by Richard Willmsen • February 21, 2011

Clique aqui para Português Here we are more than two years on from the implementation of the UPP (Police Pacification Unit) in Santa Marta, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro’s South Zone. What has improved? Here I […]