Gregory Scruggs is an urban planner and researcher in Rio de Janeiro. He spent two months living in Rocinha over several visits from 2007-2009. He can be reached at gregory.scruggs [at] gmail.
Final Day of World Cup: Morning Protest Live from Tijuca in Rio de Janeiro
Two days after a nationwide police operation preemptively arrested several protesters in Rio, São Paulo, and Porto Alegre on trumped-up charges, approximately 500 people gathered for the morning march on the final day of the […]