Tag: NGO favelas
By Martin Kocandrle, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - Favelas are Brazil’s reoccurring paradox. They have become so prevalent within large cities that presently in Rio they number around 950, each with its own composition and raison d’être. They...
by Lindsay Spratt, Sub Editor
RIO DE JANEIRO - Thousands of bricks cling to the hillside. It is not a favela, but favelas in miniature, each red brick this time a building in itself. Red bricks, blue bricks,...