Troops Rotate in Zona Norte Favelas
By Patricia Maresch, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Complexo do Alemão at the Zona Norte (North zone)...
February 22, 2011Topic
PAC
New Rocinha Rentals
By Katya Gubarev, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The rental market in the favela community of Rocinha is...
January 18, 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 Oil Boom Boosts Job Market
By Amy Skalmusky, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Spearheaded by record investment in the petroleum and natural...
January 11, 2011
Happy Holidays in Zona Norte Favelas
By Patricia Maresch, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - For baby Wanderson, a newborn from Complexo do Alemão, it's...
December 21, 2010
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
Cantagalo Elevator Opens March
By Lindsay Spratt, Sub Editor [caption id="attachment_11661" align="alignleft" width="234" caption="The elevator, photo by www.skyscrapercity.com."][/caption] RIO DE JANEIRO - The opening...
September 29, 2009
PAC: Growth Program Boosts in 2010
By Karen Shishiptorova, Contributing Reporter [caption id="attachment_7894" align="alignleft" width="205" caption="Chief of Staff Ms. Dilma Rousseff after presenting the PAC press...
August 4, 2009