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“Até Quando?” – Until When? – A Question Without an Answer
Column By Henry Montalto
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - An unannounced military operation in the North Zone leaves an innocent Jiu-jitsu professor dead. A positive...
Street Child United Opens Football Pitch in Rio’s Complexo da Penha
By Lisa Flueckiger, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - NGO non-profit organization, Street Child United, and Chevrolet inaugurated a community football (soccer) pitch...
Shootouts in Rio’s Complexo da Maré
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL –Traffic on Avenida Brasil, one of Rio's principal throughways, came to a stop on the...
Providência Gondola Finally Opens in Rio
By Michela DellaMonica, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL — In the favela community of Morro da Providência, the long wait for the new cable...
Arrests Made After Occupation of Complexo da Maré in Rio
By Benjamin Parkin, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Sunday morning, March 30th, police and armed forces began the occupation of the Complexo...
Providência Gondola Fails to Open in Rio
By Benjamin Parkin, Contributing Reporter
RIO JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A new cable car that links Morro da Providência to Central do Brasil station and the...
Homicides Down 65% in Rio’s Pacified Favelas
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A recently released study states the number of reported homicides in Rio's pacified favelas...
Mesa ao Vivo Food Fest in Alemão: Daily
By Anna Kaiser, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Famous chefs will collaborate with residents of Complexo do Alemão for the Mesa ao Vivo...
A Horrendous, Terrible Story
Editorial
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The attack on the foreign tourist couple that were riding in a passenger van in Rio over the weekend...
Providência Gondola Controversy Grows
By Andrew Willis, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The new cable car, or ‘Teleférico’, which is planned for Rio’s Morro da Providência...
Gondola to Open in Providência Favela
By Leo Byrne, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Following the success of the gondola system in the Complexo do Alemão in 2011, a new...
Complexo da Penha to Receive R$580 Million
By Andrew Willis, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Complexo da Penha in Rio de Janeiro’s Zona Norte (North Zone) is set to receive...
X-Tudo Arts Festival at Teatro SESI
By Nathan M. Walters, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In the Portuguese language, X-Tudo (pronounced shees TOO-du) is slang for a cheeseburger with...
Family to Sue After Alemão Shooting: Daily
By Stephen Eisenhammer, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The family of a fifteen-year-old boy shot on Sunday evening in Fazendinha, a favela which forms...