Clique aqui para Português Thousands of families in São Paulo have been driven out of their homes due to extreme rent hikes. Since 2008, the average rent has risen by 97%, with average inflation in the […]
Clique aqui para Português Residents from Complexo do Alemão launched a Twitter campaign to alert the media of the shootouts that have been rampant in the community since the end of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. […]
On the pitch at the very top of favela Santa Marta, a group of kids play a spirited game of soccer, dribbling and shooting to the sound of bumping funk music. Green netting stretches overhead, covering the pitch […]
Clique aqui para Português On July 22, one of the most read local newspapers in the United Kingdom published an article comparing overcrowded student accommodation in Birmingham to “Third World Shanty Towns.” Local politicians commented that one […]
For the original in Portuguese in O Cidadão click here. How would you react if you woke up at 6 in the morning and saw your house, built with your own hands, destroyed by a bulldozer? That’s what happened […]