The Pacification of Rio’s Favelas

This is a great roundup of stories and videos on what’s going on inside the worst neighborhoods in Rio. (As always, I wonder out loud why I haven’t seen any of these stories in the mainstream media, but of course it’s naive of me to assume there is still such a thing as a mainstream. Organizations like TechCrunch and Global Voices and The Nation are filling the gaps in international reporting.)

The Pacification of Rio’s Favelas