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American journalist, writer, editor who's lived in Rio de Janeiro for 20 years.

Mayor says Rio is working to prepare for heavy rains

O Globo reports that last April’s mudslides in the city of Rio de Janeiro led to preventive action that will benefit residents of high risk areas. The first to feel the impact will be the Morro do Borel favela, in … Continue reading

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Reputação do Rio de Janeiro à mercê da lama

[ for Is Rio for the Birds? click here ] Tragédia espanta turistas e castiga quem mora no estado do Rio de Janeiro Como se a Copa do Mundo de 2014  e as Olimpíadas de 2016 não bastassem, a cidade do … Continue reading

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Is Rio for the birds?

Neverending mudslides and deaths are no draw for tourism and terrible for locals [UPDATE JAN. 25 2011] The mudslide death toll in the mountains north of Rio tops 800, more than died in the Chile earthquake last February according to … Continue reading

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Does Santa exist? The professional and the personal in Rio

[Para português, clique aqui] Better to keep things separate The euphoria begins as soon as the state takes control of territories formerly under drug traffickers’ thumbs. Police and favela residents become friends. Police officers waltz with favela debutantes. In at least … Continue reading

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Papai Noël existe? O profissional e o pessoal no Rio de Janeiro

Seria melhor separar Logo que o estado toma conta de territórios até então sob domínio de traficantes de drogas, surge a euforia. O convívio entre a polícia pacificadora e os moradores de favela é amigável. Policiais dançam a valsa com … Continue reading

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Assistência social: governo ao estilo antigo persiste no Rio de Janeiro

[Click for English] Dança das cadeiras beneficia apenas aqueles que têm a sorte de se sentar O Globo publicou ontem na página 19 da seção Rio uma matéria, que não está online, afirmando que o líder do governo na assembleia … Continue reading

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Social assistance: old-style government persists in Rio

Musical chairs are good only for those who get to sit in them O Globo reported today on page 19 of its Rio section, in a story that couldn’t be found online, that the speaker of Rio’s state legislature , … Continue reading

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Rio de Janeiro on the agenda of new officials, state and federal

O Globo reports today that governor Sérgio Cabral’s new state education secretary, Wilson Risolia, is creating a “goals program” to catapult Rio de Janeiro state from second-to-last in the national Basic Education Development Index (IDEB is the Portuguese acronym) to … Continue reading

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Governor Cabral anew

Rocinha could be “pacified” in a matter of days or weeks Sworn in yesterday to a second term as governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Sérgio Cabral announced his top three priorities: public safety, public health, and education. Last year, Rio … Continue reading

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Social UPP program suffers a big loss

[Clique para português] [UPDATE Dec. 30, 2010] Ricardo Henriques has accepted Mayor Paes job offer to head up the Instituto Pereira Passos. According to O Globo, this means he’ll be running a municipal level Social UPP. It’s not known yet … Continue reading

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