Rocinha Residents to Sue State Over PAC
Resident organizations in two of the city’s largest favelas have formulated plans to sue the state government over the failed...
October 8, 2013Topic
PAC 2
Rocinha Questions PAC 2 Spending Plan
Rocinha has benefited from government investments but the latest PAC 2 plan including a cable car for the favela has...
July 9, 2013
PAC Program Stalls in Rocinha Favela
Brazil’s minister of planning, Miriam Belchior, said Monday, November 19th, that spending levels under the country’s flagship Growth Acceleration Program...
November 20, 2012
PAC 2 Stumbles on Scandals in DNIT
The corruption scandal in the Ministry of Transportation and DNIT has resulted in the delay and cancellation of some PAC...
August 2, 2011
PAC Progress in São Paulo
By Anna Fitzpatrick, Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The initial growth acceleration program, or PAC, planned for 2007 to...
February 22, 2011
Slow Start to PAC Development
By Emile Phaneuf, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The administration of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva...
January 18, 2011
Brazil PAC 2 Spending Plans
By Amy Skalmusky, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The growth acceleration program, or PAC (Aceleração do Crescimento),...
January 4, 2011
Plans for Rio Favelas to Get Facelift
By Patricia Maresch, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – It's one of Rio's biggest challenges before the start of...
December 14, 2010Brazil Announces PAC 2
By Mira Olson, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - On March 29th the Brazilian government announced a new Growth Acceleration...
April 6, 2010