This is the second of a three-part series on the language spoken in the peripheries of Rio de Janeiro. Don’t miss Part 1 and Part 2. In Rio de Janeiro, dominant representations in the media and […]
Clique aqui para Português Rio de Janeiro is currently in a special spotlight as athletes, fans, nations and the global media reflect on the one year remaining to the 2016 Olympic Games, set to end exactly […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original in Portuguese by Zé Luis S. Lima, published in Viva Rocinha, click here. 1971 was a real milestone year in my life. I was eight years old and in the second grade. […]
Clique aqui para Português On Sunday August 2, the community-based movement Preserva Laboriaux and its partner, Rio-based non-profit Favela Verde held the first meeting on sustainable community-based tourism in Vila Laboriaux, a small favela community at the top […]
Clique aqui para Português Since winning the Olympic bid in 2009 and hosting the 2014 World Cup, the city of Rio de Janeiro has gone through immense urban transformations that have disrupted and changed the […]