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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 ...

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Smiles, Misery and Crack in the Favelas of Brazil

When I entered the “favelas” for the first time, I couldn’t believe my eyes. ...

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When You Are a Rio Street Kid You Can Never Shut Your Eyes

Jefferson can’t remember exactly how his mother died. Homeless on the streets of Rio ...

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The Catwalk Dreams of Brazil’s Have-Nots

On a cool Saturday morning in Rio de Janeiro,  Zé Luiz Summer, a 34-year-old ...

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How Art Has Changed Some Brazil Favela’s Kids

Improvising, a boy gathered bits of building blocks, cement and paint to build a ...