For the original by Aramis Assis in Portuguese on Viva Favela click here. The hyper-appreciation of real estate values that has taken hold of Rio de Janeiro’s major neighborhoods has now reached the pacified favelas, and, […]
Before I begin, let me make clear that the information below is personal opinion, without generalizations. Since the police entered and the militarization of the Jacarezinho favela on October 14, 2012, a policy the government […]
For the original article in Marie Claire in Portuguese click here. Over the past five years anthropologist Walquiria Domingues Leão Rêgo has witnessed a change in behavior in the poorest, and probably most sexist, areas […]
Clique aqui para Português “Money! Money! Your house!”-That’s how Vilma Cristina Ribeiro, 43 and a lifelong Vidigal resident, says foreign investors approach her as they come into Carlos Duque Street, located in the upper part of […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese click here. An evolving project, one that will not solve all of Rio’s problems, much less from one day to the next. This is the […]