For the original by Debora Pio and Isabele Aguiar in Portuguese for Viva Favela click here. On its 50th anniversary, Vila Kennedy received the 38th Pacifying Police Unit (UPP) from the State. Under the intense […]
For the original by Wilson Tosta in Portuguese for O Estado de São Paulo click here. Lack of government plans allows contractors, real estate developers, and bus companies to act as they wish, say experts. RIO–No […]
For the original in Portuguese in Viva Favela click here. More than two years after the inauguration of the cable car in Complexo do Alemão, inspired by the model from Colombia, it’s still generating controversy. […]
For the original by Mariana Alvim in Portuguese on Viva Favela click here. Fewer motorized vehicles, proximity to points of interest, and a sense of community: these are some of the features that would make favelas good […]
For the original by Jamil Chade in Portuguese in Estado de São Paulo click here. Pope Francis attacked the strategy of “pacification” used in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, warning that until social inequality is resolved, […]