Etiket: favela
Colombia | A Bogota “favela” opens its doors to tourists
(Bogota) The cable car crosses Ciudad Bolivar, a poor and isolated neighborhood in the south of Bogota. Every Sunday, its cabins exchange their stream of workers who go daily to…
The American dream of a Brazilian classical dancer from a favela
Sorry, your browser does not support videos (Belo Horizonte) “In the dance studio, I was always the only boy, the only black and the only poor,” says Dyhan Cardoso. This…
Brazil | A police operation in a favela leaves 18 dead
(Rio de Janeiro) At least 18 people, including a resident, died Thursday during a gigantic police operation against organized crime in a favela in Rio de Janeiro. Posted at 8:24…
In Brazil, an architect transforms a landfill into a botanical garden in a favela
Ester Carro, 27, has just succeeded in turning hell into paradise. She transformed a dump, stuck between the houses of a favela in Sao Paulo, Brazil, into a marvelous garden,…