Tag: slum
In Brazil, Favela-based Community News Outlets Are Blossoming
Unhappy with the portrayal of her community in the mainstream press, single mother Carla ...
12 Million Brazilians Live in Shantytowns. 94% Say They Are Happy
A survey conducted in 63 slums, or favelas, in 35 cities throughout Brazil, shows ...
Rio Favelas Are Hurting the Brazilian Army
Rio’s favelas are not good for the Brazilian army. Conflict resolution is not the ...
Rio Slum Taken from Druglords Gets a Two-Mile Cable Car System
Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff inaugurated a cable car system in the Rio slum of ...
Brazil Hopes Mega Reurbanization Project Will Steal Drug Traffickers’ Thunder
It was a rare scene: Brazil's president and his entourage visiting a favela in ...
There’s a Cure for Brazil’s Slums. It’s Called Napalm
The Lefts are amusing. They’ve always stood up for banditism, claiming that criminality is ...
Brazil to Spend US$ 1.7 Billion to Help Over 1 Million in Rio’s Slums
The Brazilian government will spend US$ 1.7 billion to bring running water and other ...
Brazil’s Lula Decides to Compete with Mobsters Offering Help to Favelas
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced this Monday, July 1st, in Rio ...
Brazilian Militia’s Boss Executed with Over 60 Shots in Rio
A Brazilian police officer believed to be one of the bosses of Rio de ...
Brazilian Architect Shows in the US How to Make Slums Home
Brazilian Jorge Mário Jáuregui, an architect and urban designer who has been working in ...