Clique aqui para Português Connecting Barra da Tijuca and the Olympic Park with the International Airport, the Transcarioca highway and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) route is the most visible transport infrastructure work the city of […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Paula Adamo Idoeta published in BBC Brasil click here. Rio’s Mayor, Eduardo Paes, has already said that the 2016 Olympics are a “wonderful excuse” to make necessary […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the second of four articles about the cluster of favelas in Curicica, Jacarepaguá that are awaiting urban integration projects through the Morar Carioca upgrading program. A community that breathes. Carlos Alberto “Bezerra” Costa, […]
Bold words inscribed in Carlos Alberto Costa’s ink marked our group’s entry into Favela Asa Branca: “True leaders don’t create followers; they create more leaders.” Carlos, better known as Bezerra, the president of the Resident’s […]
“When my friends began University, their parents gave them a car and a laptop, so they could carry texts without hurting their backs. My father gave me a RioCard (for the public bus system), a […]