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Favelas of Rio De Janeiro

Is Brazil Preparing for World Cup and Olympics at the Expense of Its People?

Emilia Barrosse | Posted 05.10.2013 | College
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Emilia Barrosse

Certainly, I am not a city planner, politician or even a Brazilian. Hosting the World Cup in 2014 and Olympics in 2016 is a major responsibility and an excellent opportunity to promote a country's public image. However, the desperation I witnessed is not the most enticing picture to broadcast to the world.

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PHOTOS: Rio From Above And Below

Cindy Ross | Posted 12.29.2012 | Travel
Read More: Corcovado Mountain, Summer Olympics in 2016, Sugar Loaf (Pão De açucar) Mountain, Hotel Santa Teresa, Town Tours, Complexo Do Alemão, World Cup in 2014, Rio De Janeiro-Brazil, Favelas of Rio De Janeiro, Colombia, Cristo Redentor, Pico Da Tijuca, Tijuca National Park, Medellin, Slideexpand, Travel News
Cindy Ross

Steps were also hand-chiseled into the steep slope for the king's convenience, but he disregarded both and galloped up the sheer rock to the summit like a goat.

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Slow Food in the Favela

Carl Pope | Posted 08.29.2012 | Green
Read More: David Hertz, Favelas of Rio De Janeiro, Mayor Bloomberg, Rio+20 Earth Summit, Slow Food Movement, Rio Mayor Paes, Green News
Carl Pope

Slow food in the favelas may seem like a contradiction in terms -- but such disruptive innovations, not the bland, frothy platitudes of the official Rio + 20 declaration, are in fact "the Future We Want."

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Squatters No More: Legitimizing Brazil's Favelas

André Albuquerque | Posted 06.03.2012 | Impact
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André Albuquerque

When people are granted land rights and take ownership for their property, they become active agents of social and community transformation.

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The Two Rios: Worlds Will Collide For 2014 World Cup, 2016 Olympics

ESPN | Posted 07.10.2011 | Sports
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RIO DE JANEIRO -- A white cross rising above the Macacos slum marks the spot where people are burned alive. A starving horse, his ribs poking out, is ...

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Rio's Pre-Olympic Woes

Mónica Villamizar | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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Mónica Villamizar

2010-12-01-bazil.jpg "It's worse than Iraq here." I heard this phrase repeatedly while reporting in the Complexo d'Alemao favela.

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Brazil's Shantytowns Serve As Hollywood's New Hotspot

GlobalPost.com | Anil Mundra | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Just before Christmas, a fit young man in a gold chain and a ski mask barreled through the hillside gulleys of a slum in Rio de Ja...

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