Clique aqui para Português Rolé dos Favelados (Stroll of the Favelados) is a guided tour led by community activist and tourist guide Cosme “O Favelado” Felippsen, often in partnership with other favela activists. The aim of […]
Clique aqui para Português Andrew Zimbalist’s edited collection titled Rio 2016: Olympic Myths, Hard Realities is a masterful review of Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic Games and their impact across the city. As regular readers of this […]
Clique aqui para Português On Monday, October 16, members of social movements, architects, and urbanists gathered at the Casa de Estudos Urbanos, in Glória in Rio’s South Zone, for a discussion on “Technical Support in […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the first article in a three-part series on the history of the Projeto Rio urban renewal program in Maré, from 1979-1981. On the afternoon of June 10, 1981, Brazil President […]
Clique aqui para Português A huge sign at the Olympic Park in Barra de Tijuca in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro reads: “The Olympics bring much more than just the Olympics.” What this “much more” […]