Clique aqui para Português The atmosphere was tense on the evening of Monday January 18 as nearly 30 people gathered in a circle in an abandoned hotel in the neighborhood of Santo Cristo in Rio’s Port Region. This […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Nemora Lisboa published in Viva Favela click here. Seeing the city from high up is one of the main reasons tourists visit Rio de […]
Clique aqui para Português This Wednesday, January 13, Vila Autódromo woke up around 7 o’clock to find a large number of Rio’s Tropa de Choque (Shock Troops), a police unit specifically used for controlling large public manifestations and […]
In our last article on rising temperatures in Rio de Janeiro, we discussed heat islands and the unequal distribution of extreme heat throughout the metropolitan area. Recently, Rio de Janeiro gained notoriety as the Latin American city that will be […]
Clique aqui para Português “It is a wonderful place, surrounded by nature, and it’s where I was born and raised and where I have my roots!” – Gilmar Lopes Despite the negative stereotypes associated with […]