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Gang executes man in pacified community on the eve of Rio+20 in the Favela
More unexpected consequences of the dismantling of drug faction structure by UPP’s and a warning for those planning to enter the Favela with ill intent. South Zone Favela, Rio de Janeiro, 20th June,...
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Rio drug faction Comando Vermelho ban crack cocaine in red zone favelas
RIO DE JANEIRO. In may of this year, We reported on discussions between community leaders and faction commanders about plans to phase out the sale of crack cocaine in the Jacarezinho favela in Rio’s...
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Favela Verde: The world turns and the trees still grow, for now.
After a recent tragic event suffered by a member of our team and the dismal results of Rio+20 which blasted through Rio de Janeiro and then packed up and disappeared we were left a little bereft of...
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Elisângela arrives in time to see her house torn down: Watch the...
When local government officials showed up to demolish Elisangela’s house in Rio de Janeiro, she wasn’t home. Her 17-year-old daughter answered the door and was informed that the building would be torn...
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The Road to the World Cup, Brazil 2014. Video Preview
Trailer do documentário A Caminho da Copa from Polis Digital on Vimeo. The documentary “A caminho da Copa” produced by Ponto de Mídia Livre Pólis Digital appeared at Rio +20, June 19 at 16.30 at the...
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Rio Favelas as Models for Sustainability
Coproduced with RIOTmedia [PT] Princípios sustentáveis já existem nas favelas do Rio, mas são tão orgânicos que passam despercebidos. Lançado na Rio+20, o vídeo “Favela como Modelo Sustentável”,...
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Favela Verde Phase 2: Mission Complete
ACME putting the finishing touches on our latest piece on Rua Princesa Isabel in Favela Cantagalo See project here: Favela Verde – Growing Sustainable Communities . .
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Rio Underbelly: Favela Hip Hop and Reggae
Negra Re in Morro do Galo . . Original Raiz and Johnny RL in Favela Jacarezinho . .
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Open Letter to Qantas Airlines Australia and the Star Alliance – Not Happy
Qantas – The Spirit of Australia After two years of living in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, I have learned to accept a certain low level of customer care, mind boggling labyrinthine bureaucracy, ignorant...
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Vila Autódromo presents alternative proposal for redevelopment to Mayor of Rio
Jornal A Nova Democracia — No dia 16 de agosto, moradores da Vila Autódromo, na zona oeste do Rio de Janeiro foram à prefeitura entregar o projeto de reurbanização da favela ao prefeito Eduardo Paes. O...
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The Weekly Riot – Olympics, Maracana, Indians, Tear Gas and Slave Bones
Rio is an oil city, a city where you can sit back on world famous beaches and admire the awesome scale of mobile wells and count the tankers scurrying in and out of the bay. . Rio is a construction...
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Dilma threatens Belo Monte Dam Ruling. Meanwhile, at Maracana….
Eye on the Amazon recently celebrated the news that a high court in Brazil (TRF1) had ordered the immediate halt to construction and all activities at the Belo Monte Dam site due to a lack of prior...
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RIOT! Supreme Court Judge Overturns Suspension of Belo Monte Dam
Brazilian Supreme Court Caves to Executive Pressure http://amazonwatch.org/news/2012/0829-supreme-court-judge-overturns-suspension-of-belo-monte-dam Amazon Watch, International Rivers FOR IMMEDIATE...
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Festival Hip Hop Folia Favela Arara
Ingressos: http://www.facebook.com/events/214396005356316 O Projeto SACÍ ARÁRÁ apresenta: HIP HOP FOLIA! Festa de Apadrinhamento. Uma tarde/noite na FAVELA, com CERVEJA gelada, SAMBA, RAP, FUNK,...
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Rio Underbelly Blog Redesign
Dear readers, We will be going offline soon as we clean up the browser integration issues and transition to a new design format. But we will see you again in 2013 Abracao The Rio Riot Squad
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Opening the Jaws of the Beast: Revisiting Favela Jacarezinho
This is a re-post of an article I wrote back in May of this year anticipating the military invasion of the Jacarezinho-Manguinhos-Mandela complex of favelas which occurred on Sunday. In the Little...
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A Tale of Two Cities
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Excerpt 1: Checkpoint
I was almost free, only one last checkpoint remained to complete a smooth exit out of Brazil and onto a flight bound for Sydney, Australia and a return to a distant life. All that remained [...]
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Excerpt 2: Brazilian Dreaming
On a cool wet November night, after twenty two back aching hours in the air, my connecting flight from Buenos Aires eased into the dock at Rio de Janeiro Galeao International airport and I steeled [...]
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