
Olympics revisited – Rio’s Morro da Providencia
For this next post, I want to revisit the oldest favela in Rio de Janeiro- Morro da Providencia- a favela Continue reading
For this next post, I want to revisit the oldest favela in Rio de Janeiro- Morro da Providencia- a favela Continue reading
PART 2: Olympics and Vila Autodromo [Guest Post by Maulik Bansal] CLICK TO SEE previous posts: Intro and Part 1 AECOM’s original Continue reading
PART 1: Background [Guest Post by Maulik Bansal] SEE Intro Post On October 1, 2009, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Continue reading
Guest Post by Maulik Bansal Today more people live in urban areas than ever before. Our cities are changing rapidly Continue reading
[1] La organización espacial del sur-continente (de México a Argentina), ha sido explicada desde una perspectiva occidental; así, la historia Continue reading
If you’ve followed politics in the Western Hemisphere over the past two years, you are pretty familiar with the pattern Continue reading
The most recent poll I could find, says Marcelo Freixo is trailing the other Mercelo Crivella in Rio’s mayoral election Continue reading
The opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics are quickly approaching. The years since Rio was awarded the 2016 Summer Continue reading
You can hardly throw a digital rock without hitting Brazil-related reporting these days. As big a deal as zika/microcephaly is Continue reading
Life has not become any easier over the past few years for residents of Brazilan favelas. Civic life across Brazil Continue reading
Much has been made and is being made of Rio’s post-Pacification upswing in crime, in particular in relation to the Continue reading
Named by the Urban Land Institute as the Most Innovative city of 2013 and hosting the UN Habitat’s World Urban Continue reading
Urban resistance has rocked Brazil since June 2013. On the largest day of protests, 20 June, two million citizens took Continue reading
When Suketu Mehta, essayist and author of the acclaimed book Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found wrote a piece about Brazilian Continue reading
The protests in Brazil began over an issue of a fare increase on public transportation, and grew to encompass demands Continue reading
The current paradigm of ‘favela integration’ in Rio de Janeiro requires that the favelas themselves become an object of knowledge. Continue reading
The favela pacification process is well under way in Rio’s favelas–the process of reclaiming territory once run by drug gangs Continue reading
Just about every American I know who’s been just about anywhere in Latin America baffles about how all the good Continue reading
It’s summertime where I live. And I get an extra dose of seasonal exuberance from my living room window into Continue reading
Brazilian academics, once known for their fierce criticism of the state and Brazilian politics, now express tempered optimism. This post Continue reading