Category Archives: Brazil

Você já foi à Penha?

For Have you ever been to Penha, click here Além-túnel No caminho do aeroporto surge a Igreja da Penha, empoleirada num pequeno morro. E dá para vê-la de muitos outros lugares… Curiosamente, a palavra penha, ou montanha (prima de penhasco)– entrou na … Continue reading

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Have you ever been to Penha?

Beyond the tunnel Going to or coming from the airport, you can pick out the church, Igreja da Penha, sitting atop a very small mountain. And you can see it from a lot of other places… Strangely enough, the word … Continue reading

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Trocas policiais no Rio de Janeiro: balanço

For Police shuffle: upshot for Rio, click here Luta pelo poder? Há consenso no Rio de Janeiro de que é preciso reduzir a corrupção e a criminalidade da polícia. O que não sabemos é até qual grau se consiga fazer … Continue reading

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Police shuffle: upshot for Rio

Part of a power struggle? There’s consensus in Rio de Janeiro that police corruption and criminality must be reduced. What we don’t know is if it’s possible to achieve this to a significant degree, in an environment where politicians tomam posse (take … Continue reading

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Rio gets a new police chief

[UPDATE: New police chief Colonel Erir Ribeiro da Costa Filho has reportedly named Colonel Rogério Seabra, head of the military police personnel division, to replace Colonel Robson Rodrigues as commander of the Police Pacification Program. Sources say Colonel Mário Sérgio Duarte’s exit … Continue reading

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Crossing urban borders

Para Cruzando fronteiras urbanas, clique aqui New coordinates All of a sudden you surprise some ladies standing in front of the Municipal Theater with the gift of your two tickets to a classical music concert, and run off to see … Continue reading

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Secretary says police training is top priority

Para Beltrame sobre UPPs: capacitação é primordial, clique aqui And the process will continue Today State Public Safety Secretary José Mariano Beltrame, star of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation law school seminar UPP: a new public safety model?, organized with the Folha de … Continue reading

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Rio pacification at risk?

Only if a time machine existed. Rio de Janeiro has been busily repaving its streets, as part of the revitalization in the runup to all those mega-events. Manhole covers (exploding or not) are a challenge for any city. They end … Continue reading

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Visual arts: Rio yawns and stretches

Fourth in a series of conversational nuggets about the transformation of cultural life in the marvelous city. “For a long time I thought about living in São Paulo,” says up-and-coming curator, art critic, journalist and blogger Daniela Name (pronounced Nah-mee). … Continue reading

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Differences: Dealing

Cidades Futuros Possíveis Seminar, at Casa de Rui Barbosa, 9-11 August, 2011 Para Diferenças: Modos de lidar clique aqui   Some provocative reflections from two of the most important thinkers and actors in the city’s integration, at the Differences: Dealing with … Continue reading

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