Families Ordered to Leave Botanic Garden
The Brazilian Court of Audit (TCU) ruled last week that families living inside Rio's Jardim Botânico (Botanic Garden) have up...
September 11, 2012Topic
Favelas
UPP Aids Commerce in the Favelas of Rio
Outside investors are increasingly entering pacified favela communities ready to do business, and a new program called “Comércio Legal” (Legal...
August 28, 2012
Minha Casa, Minha Vida 1M Homes: Daily
President Rousseff announced that in August the government’s housing project Minha Casa Minha Vida (“My House My Life”) has reached...
August 28, 2012
Leme: Benefiting from Pacification
Sharing the long stretch of sand with Copacabana, and banked behind by mountains and favelas, there has not been much...
August 21, 2012
Increased Police Presence in Zona Norte
Reinforcements and construction of a complex of law enforcement buildings in Rio de Janeiro's Zona Norte is increasing police presence...
August 14, 2012Rethinking de Soto in Rio de Janeiro
Opinion, by Matias A. Sueldo RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Facing the World Cup in 2014 and the Summer Olympics...
August 14, 2012
Protests After Girl Dies in Favela Operation
An eleven-year-old girl was killed last week in a police operation targeting drug traffickers in the Quitanda favela in Zona...
July 31, 2012
UPP Controls Follow Corruption Scandal
UPP (Police Pacifying Unit) officers working inside Rio’s favela communities will now be monitored by the Pacifying Police Coordinating team...
July 10, 2012
Gun Wounds Down in Complexo do Alemão
Since the pacification and UPP in Complexo do Alemão favela communities in Zona Norte (North Zone), a rapid decrease in...
July 3, 2012