Clique aqui para Português Built to house the residents removed from Vila Autódromo and costing R$105 million (US$30 million), Parque Carioca has been used extensively by Mayor Eduardo Paes’ administration as a model example of the Minha […]
Clique aqui para Português “When you are fighting for your house, and your most basic needs–like safety and public health–trees are left behind. To talk to the City about the trees… I left it for last. But […]
Clique aqui para Português The brutal gang rape of a 16 year old girl by 33 men in a favela in Santa Cruz in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro has generated widespread horror […]
Clique aqui para Português CDD Acontece (City of God Happenings) is a successful community media platform in the City of God favela in Rio de Janeiro’s West Zone. It was created in August 2011 by resident Carla Siccos and […]
Clique aqui para Português The Julio Otoni favela in Santa Teresa sits on one of Rio de Janeiro’s many hills, looking out towards the Guanabara Bay. From the top of the favela you can see both Sugarloaf Mountain and […]