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Friends and Favelas
Jubilation!! My first comment. I’m grinning from ear to ear. Someone read my article about favela tours and appreciated it. I tried to get my local newspaper to run this story but they passed. I… more →
Vicky Collins Online
the kingdom of heaven
leavingoxford wrote 19 hours ago: A home in the favelas “Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven … more →
Slavoj Žižek - BBC HARDtalk (3 Parts)
my interview with joel bergner, washington dc mural artist
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banafsheh ghassemi wrote 1 week ago: joel bergner is a washington dc based mural artist, by the way of chicago, san francisco, rio de jan … more →
Daily International News 11.17.09
politicspwn3d wrote 1 week ago: Daily International News 11.17.09 Source: New York Times; Obama shakes hands with students at a Town … more →
The New Gated Communities
smallin wrote 2 weeks ago: But this time, they’re not to keep the “poor” out… Since the beginning of th … more →
Business life in Rocinha favela
Brazil Institute wrote 3 weeks ago: Samantha Pearson-The Financial Times, 11/04/09 A group of teenagers loitering outside Bob’s, Brazil’ … more →
Looking forward to Rio
hollywallis2 wrote 1 month ago: Rio deserved to win! Early this month, Rio de Janeiro battled Madrid, Chicago and Tokyo to win the O … more →
Craiova
administrator wrote 1 month ago: On my way to Arad, I had the occasion to watch the outskirts of Craiova. Oh my fucking god! And I wa … more →
Brazil vows to fight gangs, Rio death toll hits 21
Brazil Institute wrote 1 month ago: Alan Clendenning-The Associated Press, 10/19/09 Brazil’s president promised Monday to battle d … more →
Photo Fund Update Part 2: What Andre Cypriano has to say about working in "no-go-zones"
Zara Katz wrote 1 month ago: “I look people in the eyes. I don’t go in there as a photographer. The experience is more impo … more →
Photo Fund Winner Update: Andre Cypriano
Zara Katz wrote 1 month ago: Brazilian photographer, Andre Cypriano prefers to photograph the unique and unusual aspects of disti … more →
I problemi degli "altri"!
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Italianova wrote 1 month ago: Video realizzato a San Paolo: Perchè alcuni bambini di strada sono un nostro problema e altri no??? … more →
Olympic promise?
hopelens wrote 1 month ago: The announcement that the 2016 summer Olympic Games had been awarded to Rio was spun in the USA as m … more →
The Real Rio !
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getmobetter wrote 1 month ago: If you ask me…Chicago did not stand a chance against Rio De Janeiro. The popular large city in … more →
Brazil’s turn
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ntjr wrote 1 month ago: World Cup 2014, Olympic Games 2016… All the sports fans around the world now dream to go to Brazil i … more →
This Week's Best Profile
wiedemar wrote 1 month ago: A timely story (conspicuously timely, some say) here: Jon Lee Anderson visits Rio’s gang-run f … more →
Everything ain't so pretty in Paradise...
Many.M. wrote 2 months ago: In 2000, Sandro Rosa Do Nascimento left a mark in all of Brasil…This incident is known as … more →
Surveillance cameras in the favelas...
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David wrote 2 months ago: Well, my fears have it seems, been vindicated already. Earlier this year, as part of my case-study o … more →
Adozioni o sostegno a distanza?
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Italianova wrote 2 months ago: A complemento del post precedente, sollecitato da un lettore, aggiungo: non ci sono dubbi che ci sia … more →
