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 […]
Since 2010, the former Bhering chocolate factory in Santo Cristo in the Port area of central Rio has became home to the city’s contemporary artists who have occupied and transformed the building into over 50 […]
By official count, 102,000 residents animate the streets of Rocinha, Brazil’s most populous single favela community. 10,000 mototaxis buzz up and down the uneven landscape. But what called my attention this past Friday was the […]
Bold words inscribed in Carlos Alberto Costa’s ink marked our group’s entry into Favela Asa Branca: “True leaders don’t create followers; they create more leaders.” Carlos, better known as Bezerra, the president of the Resident’s […]
I edit a blog about Vidigal, Vidiga!. For some time I’ve been walking through the favela and hearing about the construction of a small luxury hotel, more precisely in the spectacular viewpoint area of Arvrão, and […]