Foreigners in the Favela, photo by Ana Branca
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Foreign Invasion of the Favela

Clique aqui para Português Experts warn of risks as growth in demand boosts real estate values. For original article in O Globo click here (or here for the full version). The sound of Portuguese spoken with an […]

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Curicica (Part 4): Love, Above All Else

Clique aqui para Português This is the final of four articles about the cluster of favelas in Curicica, Jacarepaguá, that are awaiting urban integration projects through the Morar Carioca upgrading program. “Life continues.” “She was in an accident just recently,” […]

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Sewers and Symbols in a Pacified Rocinha

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 […]