Hostages Taken at Luxury Hotel in Rio
By Sibel Tinar, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – A violent confrontation between drug traffickers and the police led to...
August 21, 2010Topic
Favela
Favela Stories
Editorial RIO DE JANEIRO - In last week's issue we published a controversial story in our Real Estate section about...
August 10, 2010
Britons in Rio for Cultural Exchange
By Sibel Tinar, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – Thirty high school students from the United Kingdom visited the Santa...
August 3, 2010
Rio’s Changing Favela Real Estate
By Jewellord Singh, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - Community life in favelas is flourishing amidst the violence and poverty...
June 1, 2010
Favelas Rising with AfroReggae
By Sibel Tinar, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – Shootings related to the favelas of Rio de Janeiro are not...
May 18, 2010
Favela Pacification Plan Underway
By Jaylan Boyle, Senior Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - Three people suspected of setting fire to a bus in Copacabana...
December 8, 2009
Back2Black Festival
By Sarah Coursey, Editor [caption id="attachment_8971" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Gilberto Gil, to perform and debate at the Back2Black Festival, photo by...
August 18, 2009
Favela Music Changes Lives
By Juliana Tafur, Contributing Reporter [caption id="attachment_8832" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Eric Marley (far left) during the Violões Encantados DVD recording, photo...
August 18, 2009
NGO Sending Favela Teens to US
By Juliana Tafur, Contributing Reporter [caption id="attachment_6395" align="alignleft" width="237" caption="Terra Encantada Favela in Rio de Janeiro, photo by IBISS."][/caption] RIO...
July 14, 2009