Clique aqui para Português On Tuesday, March 18, the Vidigal Residents Association, Intersectoral Forum of Vidigal, Albergue da Comunidade, and Catalytic Communities held the first of four debates discussing the process of gentrification underway in the community. As prices continue […]
Rio is a fascinating and multi-layered city. For visitors and students, unravelling the complex relationships between the sun, sand, samba and enduring crime and poverty in the city can prove difficult. Fortunately, the books available […]
For the original by Mariana Albanese in Portuguese published on the Carta Capital blog Negro Belchoir click here. The actions and the images are shocking, and yet they are celebrated on the BOPE Facebook page. […]
Clique aqui para Português With its historically welcoming and bohemian community and stunning views of Rio’s coast, the Vidigal favela in Rio’s South Zone has seen ever more visitors, new residents and outside developers since […]
Clique aqui para Português From Ipanema beach, I saw the hill that not many Cariocas or I had climbed. It was 2006 and I needed to live near my workplace, the aforementioned beach. Climbing the […]