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  • Joana Neto, who is responsible for all outdoor spaces at the Six Senses Douro Valley hotel, prepares a herbs infusion at the hotel's Alchemy Bar, where workshops on hand made cosmetics are held
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  • Joana Neto, who is responsible for all outdoor spaces at the Six Senses Douro Valley hotel, prepares a herbs infusion at the hotel's Alchemy Bar, where workshops on hand made cosmetics are held
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  • Joana Neto, who is responsible for all outdoor spaces at the Six Senses Douro Valley hotel, prepares a herbs infusion at the hotel's Alchemy Bar, where workshops on hand made cosmetics are held
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  • Joana Neto, who is responsible for all outdoor spaces at the Six Senses Douro Valley hotel, harvests herbs at the hotel's vegetable garden
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  • Joana Neto, who is responsible for all outdoor spaces at the Six Senses Douro Valley hotel, harvests herbs at the hotel's vegetable garden
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  • Master suite at Hotel Mirante do Arvrão, a high end hotel and hostel located in Vidigal, a favela in rio de Janeiro
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  • Joana Neto, who is responsible for all outdoor spaces at the Six Senses Douro Valley hotel, harvests herbs at the hotel's vegetable garden
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  • Master suite at Hotel Mirante do Arvrão, a high end hotel and hostel located in Vidigal, a favela in Rio de Janeiro
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  • Varanda overlooking the Douro river at the Six Senses Douro Valley hotel, in northern Portugal
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  • A suite at the Six Senses Douro Valley hotel
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  • Indoor swimming pool  at the Six Senses Douro Valley hotel, in northern Portugal
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  • Indoor swimming pool  at the Six Senses Douro Valley hotel, in northern Portugal
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  • Forest area along the Douro river on the grounds of the Six Senses Douro Valley hotel, in northern Portugal
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  • The wine store at the Six Senses Douro Valley hotel
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  • Porto Tonic, a specialy of the bar at the Six Senses Douro Valley hotel
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  • Porto Tonic, a specialy of the bar at the Six Senses Douro Valley hotel
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  • A suite at the Six Senses Douro Valley hotel
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  • Forest area along the Douro river on the grounds of the Six Senses Douro Valley hotel, in northern Portugal
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  • Forest area along the Douro river on the grounds of the Six Senses Douro Valley hotel, in northern Portugal
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  • Outdoor swimming pool  at the Six Senses Douro Valley hotel, in northern Portugal
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  • Restaurant at the Six Senses Douro Valley hotel, in northern Portugal
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  • Traditional Portuguese cheeses and charcouterie served for breakfast in a wine cellar at the Six Senses Douro Valley hotel, in northern Portugal
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  • Traditional Portuguese cheeses and charcouterie served for breakfast in a wine cellar at the Six Senses Douro Valley hotel, in northern Portugal
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  • Traditional Portuguese pastries served for breakfast at the Six Senses Douro Valley hotel, in northern Portugal
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  • Lounge area at the Six Senses Douro Valley hotel, in northern Portugal
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  • Lounge area at the Six Senses Douro Valley hotel, in northern Portugal
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  • João Ferreira, a sommelier at the Six Senses Douro Valley hotel, leads a wine tasting for guests Rajav and Ravita Jindal, from England (right), and Edson Lois Franco and Monica de Britto Moreira Franco, from Brazil (left)
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  • João Ferreira, a sommelier at the Six Senses Douro Valley hotel, leads a wine tasting for guests Rajav and Ravita Jindal, from England (left), and Edson Lois Franco and Monica de Britto Moreira Franco, from Brazil (right)
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  • João Ferreira, a sommelier at the Six Senses Douro Valley hotel, leads a wine tasting for guests Rajav and Ravita Jindal, from England (left), and Edson Lois Franco and Monica de Britto Moreira Franco, from Brazil (right)
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  • Six Senses Douro Valley hotel, surrounded by vines on the margins of the Douro river in northern Portugal
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  • New Year's party at Mirante do Arvão hotel, 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
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  • New Year's party at Mirante do Arvão hotel, 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
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  • New Year's party at Mirante do Arvão hotel, 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
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  • João Ferreira, a sommelier at the Six Senses Douro Valley hotel, leads a wine tasting for guests Rajav and Ravita Jindal, from England (left), and Edson Lois Franco and Monica de Britto Moreira Franco, from Brazil (right)
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  • A suite at the Six Senses Douro Valley hotel
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  • João Ferreira, a sommelier at the Six Senses Douro Valley hotel, leads a wine tasting for guests Rajav and Ravita Jindal, from England (right), and Edson Lois Franco and Monica de Britto Moreira Franco, from Brazil (left)
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  • Unique Hotel in São Paulo, designed by the Brazilian architect Ricardo Othake
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  • Helipad at the Emiliano Hotel in São Paulo
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  • The Emiliano Hotel, in Jardins, São Paulo, designed by the Brazilian architect Arthur Casas
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  • Helena Maria dos Santos Damaceno, 19, at the lobby of the hotel where she lives with her husband. Helena takes part in the "De Braços Abertos" (With Open Arms) program of the city of São Paulo, an attempt to deal with the crack cocaine epidemic in the downtonw area known as Cracolândia (Crack land). Helena lives with her husband at a hotel paid by the city, and makes an extra R$ 15 (US$ 6,80) every day she works as a street sweeper. Helena joined the program after she was evicted, with a newly born son, from her small apartment on a squated building in the area. In the eviction process her newly born son became ill, dying soon after. Helena was a Nutrition major at the University of São Paulo, but she quit when she became pregnant.
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  • Helena Maria dos Santos Damaceno, 19, at the lobby of the hotel where she lives with her husband. Helena takes part in the "De Braços Abertos" (With Open Arms) program of the city of São Paulo, an attempt to deal with the crack cocaine epidemic in the downtonw area known as Cracolândia (Crack land). Helena lives with her husband at a hotel paid by the city, and makes an extra R$ 15 (US$ 6,80) every day she works as a street sweeper. Helena joined the program after she was evicted, with a newly born son, from her small apartment on a squated building in the area. In the eviction process her newly born son became ill, dying soon after. Helena was a Nutrition major at the University of São Paulo, but she dropped off when she became pregnant.
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  • Lúcia Coimbra a German/Brazilian producer who owns a procudtion company specialized in hosting foreign productions shooting in Brazil at the swimming pool of boutique hotel Les Suite, frequently used as a location onf her productions
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  • Lúcia Coimbra a German/Brazilian producer who owns a procudtion company specialized in hosting foreign productions shooting in Brazil at the swimming pool of boutique hotel Les Suite, frequently used as a location onf her productions
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  • Lúcia Coimbra a German/Brazilian producer who owns a procudtion company specialized in hosting foreign productions shooting in Brazil at the swimming pool of boutique hotel Les Suite, frequently used as a location onf her productions
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  • Lúcia Coimbra a German/Brazilian producer who owns a procudtion company specialized in hosting foreign productions shooting in Brazil at the varanda of boutique hotel Les Suite, frequently used as a location onf her productions
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  • Lúcia Coimbra a German/Brazilian producer who owns a procudtion company specialized in hosting foreign productions shooting in Brazil at the swimming pool of boutique hotel Les Suite, frequently used as a location onf her productions
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  • Lúcia Coimbra a German/Brazilian producer who owns a procudtion company specialized in hosting foreign productions shooting in Brazil at the swimming pool of boutique hotel Les Suite, frequently used as a location onf her productions
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  • Brazilian singer Anitta at a suite of the Myriad Hotel in Lisbon
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  • Brazilian singer Anitta at a suite of the Myriad Hotel in Lisbon
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  • Brazilian singer Anitta at a suite of the Myriad Hotel in Lisbon
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  • Men argues with municipal guards after arriving from work and finding the hotel where he lives in the area known as Cracolândia closed by the city and about to be sealed with concrete to later be demolished. Cracolândia, Portuguese for Crackland, is a part of downtown São Paulo overrun by crack cocaine addicts
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  • Empty food court during lunch time at ItaboraÌ Plaza shopping mall, which opened earlier this year. The mall was built expecting to benefit from the boom  ItaboraÌ  was expecting to undergo with inauguration of Comperj, a giant oil and gas complex built by Brazilian oil company Petrobr·s. With the suspension of construction due to the corruption scandal that saw the oil company's share prices plummet, stores barely see costumers and plans for an annex with offices and a new hotel were put on hold
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  • Brazilian singer Anitta at a suite of the Myriad Hotel in Lisbon
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  • Brazilian singer Anitta at a suite of the Myriad Hotel in Lisbon
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  • Kelliane Vieira de Aquino, manager of the Metering  and Loss Reduction Departmnet at Eletrobrás Amazonas, and her team arrive to inspect the energy station of a hotel in Manaus
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  • Hotelier Jean Michel Ruis sitting on the bed of one of the bedrooms of Mama Ruisa, the old mansion in the Santa Teresa neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro that he converted into a boutique hotel
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  • Empty lot where once was São Paulos's main bus terminal, in the city's old downtown. The blocks around the vacant area have been taken over by flop houses and cheap hotels and the streets hundreds of crack addicts, who consume the drug outdoors in plain sight of passerbys and the authorities of Brazi's richest city. The region today is known as Cracolândia, Portuguese for Crackland. Several attempts were made to end it, some using social services and others the police. All failed
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • Lisbon, March 27th 2018: Riverside park at Parque das Nações, a modern neighborhood in the west side of Lisbon that is the city’s main site for conferences and events, hosting also an aquaruim, a telepheric and several high end hotels
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  • 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
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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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  • 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
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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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  • 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
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  • 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
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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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