By Zoë Roller, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Government and police officials are developing new anti-corruption measures, spurred in part by recent events in Rocinha, the largest favela in Rio’s Zona Sul (South Zone). A UPP (Police Pacification Unit) is slated to be installed in Rocinha this year, but in addition to the [...]
By Luciana Bezerra and Ségolène Poirier, Contributing Reporters RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The city of Rio offers some of the best shopping there is, and the options are only increasing with the growth of the ultra-wealthy luxury market, as well the middle class. With the broadening consumer’s taste, shopping “vintage” is also a growing [...]
By Luke Milner, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The announcement made by the state government’s Chief Secretary of Staff, Regis Fichtner, that the bonde, Santa Teresa’s tram system, will be relaunched in 2014 has been criticized by the Association of Residents and Friends of Santa Teresa (AMAST). Lawyer Abaeté Mesquita, one of AMAST’s [...]
By Sarah de Sainte Croix, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Santa Teresa’s iconic yellow tram – the “bonde” – will be back on the rails in time for the 2014 World Cup, the state government’s Chief Secretary of Staff, Regis Fichtner, announced yesterday. According to Fichtner, a call for tenders to build [...]
By Laura Madden, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Federal Police arrested eleven people last Thursday, February 16th including an ex-commander of the Police Pacification Unit (UPP), accused of involvement in drug trafficking in Morro de São Carlos, a favela in Estácio, Zona Norte (North Zone). According to the Federal Police (PF), ex-commander captain [...]
By Sarah de Sainte Croix, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – With 2012 well underway and the Rio summer sun turning up the heat on the streets, the countdown to Carnival has begun in earnest. With just five weeks to go, a massive street party in the Praça XV last Sunday marked the [...]
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Santa Teresa is one of the Cidade Maravilhosa’s most inspiring locations, with its steep cobble-stone streets, sweeping eclectic views and bohemian art scene. Many of the buildings along the winding streets are still in need of renovation, but recently another colonial building has been completely [...]
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Dozens of comic artists yesterday donned red noses and baggy pants to stage a good-natured protest at the Arcos da Lapa, demanding the return of the traditional bonde (tram) in Santa Teresa after the system was suspended indefinitely following a fatal derailment earlier this [...]
By Candy Pilar Godoy, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – For those visiting the Cidade Maravilhosa and looking for exclusive luxury accommodations, a sweeping, renovated estate in the charming hilltop neighborhood of Santa Teresa may be the perfect hideaway. Perched on one of the area’s highest points, the Santa Teresa Hotel attracts guests from [...]
Opinion, by Samantha Barthelemy RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – One month after a poorly maintained Santa Teresa bonde (trolley car) derailed and flipped killing five people and wounding nearly sixty others, Rio de Janeiro witnessed another avoidable tragedy. On October 13th an explosion completely destroyed Filé Carioca, a restaurant in downtown Rio’s newly renovated Praça [...]
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