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  • Residents of Vila Autódromo gather at the house of Carlos Augusto Borges Pereira to have a barbecue and watch the opening cerimony of Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Vila Autódromo was a small favela home to 800 families next to the site where the Rio built it's Olympic Park. The city wanted to evict the community, but residents resisted. After a long fight,  only 20 families won in court the right to remain in the area. The week before the start of the Games they were allowed to move into their new homes, built by the city.
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  • Residents of Vila Autódromo gather at the house of Carlos Augusto Borges Pereira to have a barbecue and watch the opening cerimony of Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Vila Autódromo was a small favela home to 800 families next to the site where the Rio built it's Olympic Park. The city wanted to evict the community, but residents resisted. After a long fight,  only 20 families won in court the right to remain in the area. The week before the start of the Games they were allowed to move into their new homes, built by the city.
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  • Residents of Vila Autódromo gather at the house of Carlos Augusto Borges Pereira to have a barbecue and watch the opening cerimony of Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Vila Autódromo was a small favela home to 800 families next to the site where the Rio built it's Olympic Park. The city wanted to evict the community, but residents resisted. After a long fight,  only 20 families won in court the right to remain in the area. The week before the start of the Games they were allowed to move into their new homes, built by the city.
    20160805_Rio2016JDD_DIG_0001__DSC973...jpg
  • Residents of Vila Autódromo gather at the house of Carlos Augusto Borges Pereira to have a barbecue and watch the opening cerimony of Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Vila Autódromo was a small favela home to 800 families next to the site where the Rio built it's Olympic Park. The city wanted to evict the community, but residents resisted. After a long fight,  only 20 families won in court the right to remain in the area. The week before the start of the Games they were allowed to move into their new homes, built by the city.
    20160805_Rio2016JDD_DIG_0001__DSC967...jpg
  • Residents of Vila Autódromo gather at the house of Carlos Augusto Borges Pereira to have a barbecue and watch the opening cerimony of Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Vila Autódromo was a small favela home to 800 families next to the site where the Rio built it's Olympic Park. The city wanted to evict the community, but residents resisted. After a long fight,  only 20 families won in court the right to remain in the area. The week before the start of the Games they were allowed to move into their new homes, built by the city.
    20160805_Rio2016JDD_DIG_0001__DSC961...jpg
  • Residents of Vila Autódromo gather at the house of Carlos Augusto Borges Pereira to have a barbecue and watch the opening cerimony of Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Vila Autódromo was a small favela home to 800 families next to the site where the Rio built it's Olympic Park. The city wanted to evict the community, but residents resisted. After a long fight,  only 20 families won in court the right to remain in the area. The week before the start of the Games they were allowed to move into their new homes, built by the city.
    20160805_Rio2016JDD_DIG_0001__DSC876...jpg
  • Residents of Vila Autódromo gather at the house of Carlos Augusto Borges Pereira to have a barbecue and watch the opening cerimony of Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Vila Autódromo was a small favela home to 800 families next to the site where the Rio built it's Olympic Park. The city wanted to evict the community, but residents resisted. After a long fight,  only 20 families won in court the right to remain in the area. The week before the start of the Games they were allowed to move into their new homes, built by the city.
    20160805_Rio2016JDD_DIG_0001__DSC871...jpg
  • Residents of Vila Autódromo gather at the house of Carlos Augusto Borges Pereira to have a barbecue and watch the opening cerimony of Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Vila Autódromo was a small favela home to 800 families next to the site where the Rio built it's Olympic Park. The city wanted to evict the community, but residents resisted. After a long fight,  only 20 families won in court the right to remain in the area. The week before the start of the Games they were allowed to move into their new homes, built by the city.
    20160805_Rio2016JDD_DIG_0001__DSC996...jpg
  • Residents of Vila Autódromo gather at the house of Carlos Augusto Borges Pereira to have a barbecue and watch the opening cerimony of Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Vila Autódromo was a small favela home to 800 families next to the site where the Rio built it's Olympic Park. The city wanted to evict the community, but residents resisted. After a long fight,  only 20 families won in court the right to remain in the area. The week before the start of the Games they were allowed to move into their new homes, built by the city.
    20160805_Rio2016JDD_DIG_0001__DSC994...jpg
  • Residents of Vila Autódromo gather at the house of Carlos Augusto Borges Pereira to have a barbecue and watch the opening cerimony of Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Vila Autódromo was a small favela home to 800 families next to the site where the Rio built it's Olympic Park. The city wanted to evict the community, but residents resisted. After a long fight,  only 20 families won in court the right to remain in the area. The week before the start of the Games they were allowed to move into their new homes, built by the city.
    20160805_Rio2016JDD_DIG_0001__DSC950...jpg
  • Residents of Vila Autódromo gather at the house of Carlos Augusto Borges Pereira to have a barbecue and watch the opening cerimony of Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Vila Autódromo was a small favela home to 800 families next to the site where the Rio built it's Olympic Park. The city wanted to evict the community, but residents resisted. After a long fight,  only 20 families won in court the right to remain in the area. The week before the start of the Games they were allowed to move into their new homes, built by the city.
    20160805_Rio2016JDD_DIG_0001__DSC931...jpg
  • Residents of Vila Autódromo gather at the house of Carlos Augusto Borges Pereira to have a barbecue and watch the opening cerimony of Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Vila Autódromo was a small favela home to 800 families next to the site where the Rio built it's Olympic Park. The city wanted to evict the community, but residents resisted. After a long fight,  only 20 families won in court the right to remain in the area. The week before the start of the Games they were allowed to move into their new homes, built by the city.
    20160805_Rio2016JDD_DIG_0001__DSC880...jpg
  • Residents of Vila Autódromo gather at the house of Carlos Augusto Borges Pereira to have a barbecue and watch the opening cerimony of Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Vila Autódromo was a small favela home to 800 families next to the site where the Rio built it's Olympic Park. The city wanted to evict the community, but residents resisted. After a long fight,  only 20 families won in court the right to remain in the area. The week before the start of the Games they were allowed to move into their new homes, built by the city.
    20160805_Rio2016JDD_DIG_0001__DSC962...jpg
  • Protest against the forced eviction of a comunity, Vila Autódromo, for the construction of Rio de Janeiro's Olympic park
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  • Maria da Penha Macena and her husband Nidivaldo Macário Oliveira at the newly rebuilt Vila Autódromo. The couple was at the forefront of the resistance movement against Rio's government attempts to evict the original Vila Autódromo, a small favela home to 800 families next to the site where the city built it's Olympic Park. After a long fight,  only 20 famiies won the right to remain in the area. The week before the start of the Games they were allowed to move into their new homes, built by the city.
    20160805_Rio2016JDD_DIG_0001__DSC871...jpg
  • Moritz Trompertz, a player for Germany's hockey team playing at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, in front of the Athletes Village
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  • Moritz Trompertz, a player for Germany's hockey team playing at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, in front of the Athletes Village
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  • Moritz Trompertz, a player for Germany's hockey team playing at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, in front of the Athletes Village
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  • Maria da Penha Macena and her husband Nidivaldo Macário Oliveira at the newly rebuilt Vila Autódromo. The couple was at the forefront of the resistance movement against Rio's government attempts to evict the original Vila Autódromo, a small favela home to 800 families next to the site where the city built it's Olympic Park. After a long fight,  only 20 famiies won the right to remain in the area. The week before the start of the Games they were allowed to move into their new homes, built by the city.
    20160805_Rio2016JDD_DIG_0001__DSC871...jpg
  • Maria da Penha Macena and her husband Nidivaldo Macário Oliveira at the newly rebuilt Vila Autódromo. The couple was at the forefront of the resistance movement against Rio's government attempts to evict the original Vila Autódromo, a small favela home to 800 families next to the site where the city built it's Olympic Park. After a long fight,  only 20 famiies won the right to remain in the area. The week before the start of the Games they were allowed to move into their new homes, built by the city.
    20160805_Rio2016JDD_DIG_0001__DSC872...jpg
  • Maria da Penha Macena and her husband Nidivaldo Macário Oliveira at the newly rebuilt Vila Autódromo. The couple was at the forefront of the resistance movement against Rio's government attempts to evict the original Vila Autódromo, a small favela home to 800 families next to the site where the city built it's Olympic Park. After a long fight,  only 20 famiies won the right to remain in the area. The week before the start of the Games they were allowed to move into their new homes, built by the city.
    20160805_Rio2016JDD_DIG_0001__DSC867...jpg
  • Moritz Trompertz, a player for Germany's hockey team playing at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, in front of the Athletes Village
    20160811_MoritzTrompertzFAZ_DIG_0001...jpg
  • Moritz Trompertz, a player for Germany's hockey team playing at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, in front of the Athletes Village
    20160811_MoritzTrompertzFAZ_DIG_0001...jpg
  • Unused stadiums in Rio de Janeiro's former Olympic Park, built to host the 2016 Olympic Games. The area was supposed to be transformed in a new residential neighborhood after the Games, but now most stadiums sit unused and unkept. The area in between them, an "Olympic Boulevard" during the games, now doubles as park during the weekends, but is used mostly by the few residents of the surrounding areas, the least densely populated area in the city. Despite the small population, the region received the biggest part of the investment in infra-structure recently made by the city government. Most of the land in the area is owned by big real state developers, who hoped to make big profits developing it, but a devastating crisis made most of this investment useless for now
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  • Ilha Pura, a luxury real state development used to house the athletes during the 2016 Olympic Games. Its developer said the area would become a new neighborhood for the rich, but after buyers failed to come by it now lies abandoned, just across from Rio's former Olympic Park, another area currently with almost no use, despite the heavy investment made in the region by the city government
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  • Guanabara Bay, where the sailing competitions for the 2016 Olympic Games will take place, seen from the campus of Rio de Janeiro's Federal University, one of Brazil's most pretigious universities
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  • Guanabara Bay, where the sailing competitions for the 2016 Olympic Games will take place, seen from the campus of Rio de Janeiro's Federal University, one of Brazil's most pretigious universities
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  • Informal car wash in favela Asa Branca, right next to where the city of Rio de Janeiro is building the oliympic complex for the 2016 summer games.
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  • Informal car wash in favela Asa Branca, right next to where the city of Rio de Janeiro is building the oliympic complex for the 2016 summer games.
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  • A Pira Olímpica da Rio 2016 virou um monumento permanente em frente à Igreja da Candelária, cuja vista para o mar era bloqueada pelo elevado da Perimetral, derrubado para dar espaço à Orla Conde
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  • TV reporter films police removing the burnt remains of a container they used as a base in one of the main streets of Favela da Grota, part of Complexo do Alemão favela complex, in Rio de Janeiro. The police container was burned by local drug dealers in retaliation for the killing of one of theirs  by the police. Complexo do Alemão is the biggest favela complex in Rio de Janeiro, extending over 11 communities. In 2012 it received 4 pacifying police units, an attempt by Rio's government to reclaim control of the community from heavily armed local drug gangs, in preparation for the World Cup and Olympics. But since then violence in the communities has only increased
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  • Police officers patrol the alleyways of Vidigal, one of Rio de Janeiro's favelas most visited by tourists due to it's stunning views of the city and friendly atmosphere. Vidigal was considered one of the most successful cases of a community policing strategy implemented in several favelas in the lead up to Rio 2016 Olympic Games, but now the program was largely abandoned by the authorities and the police is frequently attacked by drug dealers during their patrols
    20170324_RioColapseDerSpiegel_DIG_00...jpg
  • Police officers patrol the alleyways of Vidigal, one of Rio de Janeiro's favelas most visited by tourists due to it's stunning views of the city and friendly atmosphere. Vidigal was considered one of the most successful cases of a community policing strategy implemented in several favelas in the lead up to Rio 2016 Olympic Games, but now the program was largely abandoned by the authorities and the police is frequently attacked by drug dealers during their patrols
    20170324_RioColapseDerSpiegel_DIG_00...jpg
  • Police officers patrol the alleyways of Vidigal, one of Rio de Janeiro's favelas most visited by tourists due to it's stunning views of the city and friendly atmosphere. Vidigal was considered one of the most successful cases of a community policing strategy implemented in several favelas in the lead up to Rio 2016 Olympic Games, but now the program was largely abandoned by the authorities and the police is frequently attacked by drug dealers during their patrols
    20170324_RioColapseDerSpiegel_DIG_00...jpg
  • Vidigal, one of Rio de Janeiro's favelas most visited by tourists due to it's stunning views of the city and friendly atmosphere. Vidigal was considered one of the most successful cases of a community policing strategy implemented in several favelas in the lead up to Rio 2016 Olympic Games, but now the program was largely abandoned by the authorities and the police is frequently attacked by drug dealers during their patrols
    20170324_RioColapseDerSpiegel_DIG_00...jpg
  • Police officers patrol the alleyways of Vidigal, one of Rio de Janeiro's favelas most visited by tourists due to it's stunning views of the city and friendly atmosphere. Vidigal was considered one of the most successful cases of a community policing strategy implemented in several favelas in the lead up to Rio 2016 Olympic Games, but now the program was largely abandoned by the authorities and the police is frequently attacked by drug dealers during their patrols
    20170324_RioColapseDerSpiegel_DIG_00...jpg
  • Residents wait for a lul in another of the daily gun fights between police and drug dealers in Complexo do Alemão, a complex of favelas in Rio de Janeiro that was suposed to become the example of effective security and poverty reduction policies in the lead up to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games but became the showpiece of the city's colapse after the event
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  • Parents bring their children back from school minutes before another gun fight between police and drug dealers start in Complexo do Alemão, a complex of favelas in Rio de Janeiro that was suposed to become the example of effective security and poverty reduction policies in the lead up to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games but became the showpiece of the city's colapse after the event
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  • Raull Santiago (green t-shirt) and Thainã de Medeiros (with hat and white t-shirt), members of Coletivo Papo Reto, gather information about the develpments of the war between drug dealers and police in Complexo do Alemão, a complex of favelas in Rio de Janeiro that was suposed to become the example of effective security and poverty reduction policies in the lead up to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games but became the showpiece of the city's colapse after the event. Coletivo Papo Reto uses social media and an extensive web of contacts to denounce police abuses and warn residents about gun fights and other potencialy dangerous developments along the day, so rthey can avoid those areas while going about their daily lives, frequently disrupted by the extreme violence of the conflict between the police and local drug dealers
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  • Resident walks by a wall pierced by several bullets in Complexo do Alemão, a complex of favelas in Rio de Janeiro that was suposed to become the example of effective security and poverty reduction policies in the lead up to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games but became the showpiece of the city's colapse after the event
    20170322_RioColapseDerSpiegel_DIG_00...jpg
  • Adriana Maria dos Santos (center), surrounded by friends and relatives, at the funeral of her daughter Vanessa dos Santos, a 10 year old killed by a stray bullet during a gun fight between police and drug dealers on the favela where she lived with the family in Rio de Janeiro. Vanessa is the 632nd victim of stray bullets in Rio in 2017. After spending billions to host the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games Rio government's finances colapsed, investment in security plumeted and violence is spitaling out of control. Violent deaths increased 26% in relation to 2016 and the number of people killed by the police 85%
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  • Street vendors in Praça Mauá, the heart of Rio de Janeiro's recently redeveloped port area. After spending billions to host both the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games, Rio is barkrupt, its politicians engulfed in a huge corruption scandal and its residents facing a fast rise in joblessness and violent crime. The homeless population increased 300% in the last three years and the number of informal workers, like street vendors, after a few years of decline, has been growing steadly
    20170705_RioColapse_DIG_0001__DSC485...jpg
  • Officers from the Police Pacification Unit (UPP) of Vidigal, conisdered one of the most successful in Rio's government program to pacify favelas once controled by heavily armed drug gangs, patrol the alleyways of the comunity on a weekday night. The program managed to dramaticaly reduce crime rates where implemented but was  abandoned when Rio's economy colapsed after the Olympic Games. Armed drug gangs are back in control of Vidigal and all the other communities where the program once succeeded in dramatically reducing violence levels. Gun fights between the gangs and the police are back to being a routine and several officers have been killed or injured while patroling the communities, scaring away tourists, reversing economic gains and raising poverty levels
    20160330_VidigalGeo_DIG_0001__DSC714...jpg
  • Darcy Golçalves Cajueiro, 82, at his home in an area where police officers and drug dealers frequently clash in Complexo do Alemão, a complex of favelas in Rio de Janeiro that was suposed to become the example of effective security and poverty reduction policies in the lead up to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games but became the showpiece of the city's colapse after the event
    20170322_RioColapseDerSpiegel_DIG_00...jpg
  • Complexo do Alemão, a complex of favelas in Rio de Janeiro that was suposed to become the example of effective security and poverty reduction policies in the lead up to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games but became the showpiece of the city's colapse after the event
    20170322_RioColapseDerSpiegel_DIG_00...jpg
  • Police officers patrol Vidigal. Like almost all shantytowns in Rio de Janeiro, Vidigal spent years under the control of heavily armed drug gangs. When the city was chosen to host the 2016 Olympic Games, Rio government began a new policing strategy, called Pacification Policing, to regain the control of chosen favelas strategic for the safety of the Games. A charming community with a welcoming atmosphere, an intense cultural life and one of the most breathtaking views of Rio, Vidigal quickly became the most successful story of the Pacification program. Drug traffic didn’t completely disappear, but armed men no longer controlled it’s streets and alleyways. Police officers could patrol the community on foot and both locals and outsiders could walk around without risking harassment. Soon Vidigal became a magnet for tourists and wealthy cariocas alike, who first made it a party destination and didn’t take long to start buying hillside shacks to replace them with fancy houses and boutique hotels. Residents feared gentrification would make their community unaffordable to them, but welcomed the attention and economic opportunities. Now, with Rio's economic colapse after the games and the government in a state of paralysis because of a giant corruption scandal, they are witnessing the community's reversal to it's violent past, as drug dealers regain control and public services onde more disappear
    20160330_VidigalGeo_DIG_0001__DSC672...jpg
  • Candomblé ritual in Vidigal. Candomblé is an afro-brazilian religion incorporating elements of vodoo and santeria, found in the Caribean. In many favelas candomblé temples have been attacked by conservative evangelical christians and in some communities temples were evicted by criminal gangs. Like almost all shantytowns in Rio de Janeiro, Vidigal spent years under the control of heavily armed drug gangs. When the city was chosen to host the 2016 Olympic Games, Rio government began a new policing strategy, called Pacification Policing, to regain the control of chosen favelas strategic for the safety of the Games. A charming community with a welcoming atmosphere, an intense cultural life and one of the most breathtaking views of Rio, Vidigal quickly became the most successful story of the Pacification program. Drug traffic didn’t completely disappear, but armed men no longer controlled it’s streets and alleyways. Police officers could patrol the community on foot and both locals and outsiders could walk around without risking harassment. Soon Vidigal became a magnet for tourists and wealthy cariocas alike, who first made it a party destination and didn’t take long to start buying hillside shacks to replace them with fancy houses and boutique hotels. Residents feared gentrification would make their community unaffordable to them, but welcomed the attention and economic opportunities. Now, with Rio's economic colapse after the games and the government in a state of paralysis because of a giant corruption scandal, they are witnessing the community's reversal to it's violent past, as drug dealers regain control and public services onde more disappear
    20160313_VidigalGeo_DIG_0001__DSC714...jpg
  • Model agency  representing only models living in favelas make a casting call in Vidigal to seek new models for their roster. Like almost all shantytowns in Rio de Janeiro, Vidigal spent years under the control of heavily armed drug gangs. When the city was chosen to host the 2016 Olympic Games, Rio government began a new policing strategy, called Pacification Policing, to regain the control of chosen favelas strategic for the safety of the Games. A charming community with a welcoming atmosphere, an intense cultural life and one of the most breathtaking views of Rio, Vidigal quickly became the most successful story of the Pacification program. Drug traffic didn’t completely disappear, but armed men no longer controlled it’s streets and alleyways. Police officers could patrol the community on foot and both locals and outsiders could walk around without risking harassment. Soon Vidigal became a magnet for tourists and wealthy cariocas alike, who first made it a party destination and didn’t take long to start buying hillside shacks to replace them with fancy houses and boutique hotels. Residents feared gentrification would make their community unaffordable to them, but welcomed the attention and economic opportunities. Now, with Rio's economic colapse after the games and the government in a state of paralysis because of a giant corruption scandal, they are witnessing the community's reversal to it's violent past, as drug dealers regain control and public services onde more disappear
    20151212_VidigalGeo_DIG_0001__DSC786...jpg
  • Son of Walmar, a community oranizer and location scout for film productions in Vidigal in the livingroom of their home overlooking the ocean. Like almost all shantytowns in Rio de Janeiro, Vidigal spent years under the control of heavily armed drug gangs. When the city was chosen to host the 2016 Olympic Games, Rio government began a new policing strategy, called Pacification Policing, to regain the control of chosen favelas strategic for the safety of the Games. A charming community with a welcoming atmosphere, an intense cultural life and one of the most breathtaking views of Rio, Vidigal quickly became the most successful story of the Pacification program. Drug traffic didn’t completely disappear, but armed men no longer controlled it’s streets and alleyways. Police officers could patrol the community on foot and both locals and outsiders could walk around without risking harassment. Soon Vidigal became a magnet for tourists and wealthy cariocas alike, who first made it a party destination and didn’t take long to start buying hillside shacks to replace them with fancy houses and boutique hotels. Residents feared gentrification would make their community unaffordable to them, but welcomed the attention and economic opportunities. Now, with Rio's economic colapse after the games and the government in a state of paralysis because of a giant corruption scandal, they are witnessing the community's reversal to it's violent past, as drug dealers regain control and public services onde more disappear
    20151124_VidigalGeo_DIG_0001__DSC971...jpg
  • Tourists climb up the Dois Irmãos mountains using a track that starts in Vidigal. Like almost all shantytowns in Rio de Janeiro, Vidigal spent years under the control of heavily armed drug gangs. When the city was chosen to host the 2016 Olympic Games, Rio government began a new policing strategy, called Pacification Policing, to regain the control of chosen favelas strategic for the safety of the Games. A charming community with a welcoming atmosphere, an intense cultural life and one of the most breathtaking views of Rio, Vidigal quickly became the most successful story of the Pacification program. Drug traffic didn’t completely disappear, but armed men no longer controlled it’s streets and alleyways. Police officers could patrol the community on foot and both locals and outsiders could walk around without risking harassment. Soon Vidigal became a magnet for tourists and wealthy cariocas alike, who first made it a party destination and didn’t take long to start buying hillside shacks to replace them with fancy houses and boutique hotels. Residents feared gentrification would make their community unaffordable to them, but welcomed the attention and economic opportunities. Now, with Rio's economic colapse after the games and the government in a state of paralysis because of a giant corruption scandal, they are witnessing the community's reversal to it's violent past, as drug dealers regain control and public services onde more disappear
    20160327_VidigalGeo_DIG_0001__DSC316...jpg
  • Worker from Rio's eletricity company work on a lamp post along the main road of Vidigal. Like almost all shantytowns in Rio de Janeiro, Vidigal spent years under the control of heavily armed drug gangs. When the city was chosen to host the 2016 Olympic Games, Rio government began a new policing strategy, called Pacification Policing, to regain the control of chosen favelas strategic for the safety of the Games. A charming community with a welcoming atmosphere, an intense cultural life and one of the most breathtaking views of Rio, Vidigal quickly became the most successful story of the Pacification program. Drug traffic didn’t completely disappear, but armed men no longer controlled it’s streets and alleyways. Police officers could patrol the community on foot and both locals and outsiders could walk around without risking harassment. Soon Vidigal became a magnet for tourists and wealthy cariocas alike, who first made it a party destination and didn’t take long to start buying hillside shacks to replace them with fancy houses and boutique hotels. Residents feared gentrification would make their community unaffordable to them, but welcomed the attention and economic opportunities. Now, with Rio's economic colapse after the games and the government in a state of paralysis because of a giant corruption scandal, they are witnessing the community's reversal to it's violent past, as drug dealers regain control and public services onde more disappear
    20150311_VidigalRio2016_DIG_0001_DSC...jpg
  • Construction site of a tunnel that will divert traffic from Avenida Perimetral, an elevated highway that now crosses the old docks area of Rio de Janeiro. The highway will be demolished to make space for a new pedestrian boulevard, part of the revival plan for the area that will host the communications center for the 2016 Olympic Games
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  • Construction site of a tunnel that will divert traffic from Avenida Perimetral, an elevated highway that now crosses the old docks area of Rio de Janeiro. The highway will be demolished to make space for a new pedestrian boulevard, part of the revival plan for the area that will host the communications center for the 2016 Olympic Games
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  • Construction site of a tunnel that will divert traffic from Avenida Perimetral, an elevated highway that now crosses the old docks area of Rio de Janeiro. The highway will be demolished to make space for a new pedestrian boulevard, part of the revival plan for the area that will host the communications center for the 2016 Olympic Games
    20131009_RioWiredJapan_DIG_0002__MG_...jpg
  • Construction site of a tunnel that will divert traffic from Avenida Perimetral, an elevated highway that now crosses the old docks area of Rio de Janeiro. The highway will be demolished to make space for a new pedestrian boulevard, part of the revival plan for the area that will host the communications center for the 2016 Olympic Games
    20131009_RioWiredJapan_DIG_0001__MG_...jpg
  • A view of the oldest part of downtown Rio de Janeiro, now undergoing a radical transformation in preparation for the 2016 Olympic Games
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  • A view of the oldest part of downtown Rio de Janeiro, now undergoing a radical transformation in preparation for the 2016 Olympic Games
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  • Resident, affraid of threat she is receving from local drug dealers, asks a police officer not to allow her young nephews to hang out at their police base in Vidigal, one of Rio de Janeiro's favelas most visited by tourists due to it's stunning views of the city and friendly atmosphere. Vidigal was considered one of the most successful cases of a community policing strategy implemented in several favelas in the lead up to Rio 2016 Olympic Games, but now the program was largely abandoned by the authorities and the police is frequently attacked by drug dealers during their patrols
    20170324_RioColapseDerSpiegel_DIG_00...jpg
  • Police officers patrol the alleyways of Vidigal, one of Rio de Janeiro's favelas most visited by tourists due to it's stunning views of the city and friendly atmosphere. Vidigal was considered one of the most successful cases of a community policing strategy implemented in several favelas in the lead up to Rio 2016 Olympic Games, but now the program was largely abandoned by the authorities and the police is frequently attacked by drug dealers during their patrols
    20170324_RioColapseDerSpiegel_DIG_00...jpg
  • Police officers patrol the alleyways of Vidigal, one of Rio de Janeiro's favelas most visited by tourists due to it's stunning views of the city and friendly atmosphere. Vidigal was considered one of the most successful cases of a community policing strategy implemented in several favelas in the lead up to Rio 2016 Olympic Games, but now the program was largely abandoned by the authorities and the police is frequently attacked by drug dealers during their patrols
    20170324_RioColapseDerSpiegel_DIG_00...jpg
  • Complexo do Alemão, a complex of favelas in Rio de Janeiro that was suposed to become the example of effective security and poverty reduction policies in the lead up to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games but became the showpiece of the city's colapse after the event
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  • Ananias de Oliveira Pereira, an evangelical christian preacher, sits by the entrance of his church, totally pierced by bullets from the frequent gun fights between police and drug dealers in Complexo do Alemão, a complex of favelas in Rio de Janeiro that was suposed to become the example of effective security and poverty reduction policies in the lead up to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games but became the showpiece of the city's colapse after the event
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  • Stairway pierced by bullets from frequent gun fights between drug dealers and the police in Complexo do Alemão, a complex of favelas in Rio de Janeiro that was suposed to become the example of effective security and poverty reduction policies in the lead up to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games but became the showpiece of the city's colapse after the event
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  • Friends and relatives mourn at the funeral of Vanessa dos Santos, a 10 year old killed by a stray bullet during a gun fight between police and drug dealers on the favela where she lived with the family in Rio de Janeiro. Vanessa is the 632nd victim of stray bullets in Rio in 2017. After spending billions to host the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games Rio government's finances colapsed, investment in security plumeted and violence is spitaling out of control. Violent deaths increased 26% in relation to 2016 and the number of people killed by the police 85%
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  • Favela do Vidigal, home to 30 thousand people, located on a hill overlooking the ocean between two of Rio de Janeiro's poshest neighborhoods, Leblon and São Conrado. Like almost all shantytowns in Rio de Janeiro, Vidigal spent years under the control of heavily armed drug gangs. When the city was chosen to host the 2016 Olympic Games, Rio government began a new policing strategy, called Pacification Policing, to regain the control of chosen favelas strategic for the safety of the Games. A charming community with a welcoming atmosphere, an intense cultural life and one of the most breathtaking views of Rio, Vidigal quickly became the most successful story of the Pacification program. Drug traffic didn’t completely disappear, but armed men no longer controlled it’s streets and alleyways. Police officers could patrol the community on foot and both locals and outsiders could walk around without risking harassment. Soon Vidigal became a magnet for tourists and wealthy cariocas alike, who first made it a party destination and didn’t take long to start buying hillside shacks to replace them with fancy houses and boutique hotels. Residents feared gentrification would make their community unaffordable to them, but welcomed the attention and economic opportunities. Now, with Rio's economic colapse after the games and the government in a state of paralysis because of a giant corruption scandal, they are witnessing the community's reversal to it's violent past, as drug dealers regain control and public services onde more disappear
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  • Tourists enjoy an afternoon of samba and feijoada at Bar da Laje, one of three bars and hostels that ocupy the Arvrão area of Vidigal and cater mostly to tourists. Arvrão used to be used by the drug gang that controled Vidigal as an execution ground and still bring chilling memories for many Vidigal residents, who have mixed feeling about their comunity becoming a playground for tourists and rich cariocas. Like almost all shantytowns in Rio de Janeiro, Vidigal spent years under the control of heavily armed drug gangs. When the city was chosen to host the 2016 Olympic Games, Rio government began a new policing strategy, called Pacification Policing, to regain the control of chosen favelas strategic for the safety of the Games. A charming community with a welcoming atmosphere, an intense cultural life and one of the most breathtaking views of Rio, Vidigal quickly became the most successful story of the Pacification program. Drug traffic didn’t completely disappear, but armed men no longer controlled it’s streets and alleyways. Police officers could patrol the community on foot and both locals and outsiders could walk around without risking harassment. Soon Vidigal became a magnet for tourists and wealthy cariocas alike, who first made it a party destination and didn’t take long to start buying hillside shacks to replace them with fancy houses and boutique hotels. Residents feared gentrification would make their community unaffordable to them, but welcomed the attention and economic opportunities. Now, with Rio's economic colapse after the games and the government in a state of paralysis because of a giant corruption scandal, they are witnessing the community's reversal to it's violent past, as drug dealers regain control and public services onde more disappear
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  • Kid fly a kite on a roof overlooking the ocean late afternnon in Vidigal. Like almost all shantytowns in Rio de Janeiro, Vidigal spent years under the control of heavily armed drug gangs. When the city was chosen to host the 2016 Olympic Games, Rio government began a new policing strategy, called Pacification Policing, to regain the control of chosen favelas strategic for the safety of the Games. A charming community with a welcoming atmosphere, an intense cultural life and one of the most breathtaking views of Rio, Vidigal quickly became the most successful story of the Pacification program. Drug traffic didn’t completely disappear, but armed men no longer controlled it’s streets and alleyways. Police officers could patrol the community on foot and both locals and outsiders could walk around without risking harassment. Soon Vidigal became a magnet for tourists and wealthy cariocas alike, who first made it a party destination and didn’t take long to start buying hillside shacks to replace them with fancy houses and boutique hotels. Residents feared gentrification would make their community unaffordable to them, but welcomed the attention and economic opportunities. Now, with Rio's economic colapse after the games and the government in a state of paralysis because of a giant corruption scandal, they are witnessing the community's reversal to it's violent past, as drug dealers regain control and public services onde more disappear
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  • Young girls, most under age, drink and party at a small bar in Vidigal. Like almost all shantytowns in Rio de Janeiro, Vidigal spent years under the control of heavily armed drug gangs. When the city was chosen to host the 2016 Olympic Games, Rio government began a new policing strategy, called Pacification Policing, to regain the control of chosen favelas strategic for the safety of the Games. A charming community with a welcoming atmosphere, an intense cultural life and one of the most breathtaking views of Rio, Vidigal quickly became the most successful story of the Pacification program. Drug traffic didn’t completely disappear, but armed men no longer controlled it’s streets and alleyways. Police officers could patrol the community on foot and both locals and outsiders could walk around without risking harassment. Soon Vidigal became a magnet for tourists and wealthy cariocas alike, who first made it a party destination and didn’t take long to start buying hillside shacks to replace them with fancy houses and boutique hotels. Residents feared gentrification would make their community unaffordable to them, but welcomed the attention and economic opportunities. Now, with Rio's economic colapse after the games and the government in a state of paralysis because of a giant corruption scandal, they are witnessing the community's reversal to it's violent past, as drug dealers regain control and public services onde more disappear
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  • Construction site of a tunnel that will divert traffic from Avenida Perimetral, an elevated highway that now crosses the old docks area of Rio de Janeiro. The highway will be demolished to make space for a new pedestrian boulevard, part of the revival plan for the area that will host the communications center for the 2016 Olympic Games
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  • Construction site of a tunnel that will divert traffic from Avenida Perimetral, an elevated highway that now crosses the old docks area of Rio de Janeiro. The highway will be demolished to make space for a new pedestrian boulevard, part of the revival plan for the area that will host the communications center for the 2016 Olympic Games
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  • Construction site of a tunnel that will divert traffic from Avenida Perimetral, an elevated highway that now crosses the old docks area of Rio de Janeiro. The highway will be demolished to make space for a new pedestrian boulevard, part of the revival plan for the area that will host the communications center for the 2016 Olympic Games
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  • A view of the oldest part of downtown Rio de Janeiro, now undergoing a radical transformation in preparation for the 2016 Olympic Games
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  • Police officers patrol the alleyways of Vidigal, one of Rio de Janeiro's favelas most visited by tourists due to it's stunning views of the city and friendly atmosphere. Vidigal was considered one of the most successful cases of a community policing strategy implemented in several favelas in the lead up to Rio 2016 Olympic Games, but now the program was largely abandoned by the authorities and the police is frequently attacked by drug dealers during their patrols
    20170324_RioColapseDerSpiegel_DIG_00...jpg
  • Police officers patrol the alleyways of Vidigal, one of Rio de Janeiro's favelas most visited by tourists due to it's stunning views of the city and friendly atmosphere. Vidigal was considered one of the most successful cases of a community policing strategy implemented in several favelas in the lead up to Rio 2016 Olympic Games, but now the program was largely abandoned by the authorities and the police is frequently attacked by drug dealers during their patrols
    20170324_RioColapseDerSpiegel_DIG_00...jpg
  • Man sleeps on a square on the recently redeveloped port area of Rio de Janeiro. After spending billions to host both the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games, Rio is barkrupt, its politicians engulfed in a huge corruption scandal and its residents facing a fast rise in joblessness and violent crime. The homeless population increased 300% in the last three years.
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