Cidade

On Sunday, the president reached out to ordinary Brazilians, kicking around a soccer ball with kids in a rehabilitated slum called Cidade de Deus, once featured in an Oscar-winning film documenting violence in Brazil's vast underclass.

Obama Juggles Brazil Diplomacy Amid Libya Strikes Laura Meckler 2011

Based on a 1997 novel of the same name by Paulo Lins, "City" captures the early years of a Rio housing project known as Cidade de Deus (City of God), created in the late '60s to absorb refugees from an epic flood.

Suffocating In The Slums 2007

Ratao Diniz On Sept. 15, a new local currency called the CDD began circulating in Cidade de Deus, the once-violent neighborhood on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.

Cash, Credit, or Capivaris? 2011

Described as a Brazilian Goodfellas, this film tracks the fortunes of a group of young men who turn to drug dealing, gangs and hoodlumlike behavior as a way to escape the Cidade de Deus (City of God), a stifling 1960s housing project for the poor.

2010 February : Scrubbles.net 2010

The First Family watched local performers during their tour of the Cidade de Deus Favela in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday.

Michelle Obama In Brazil: First Lady And Daughters Have Fun With Fashion (PHOTOS, POLL) The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

In Cidade de Deus, where the new local currency is called the CDD, people are just getting used to the idea.

In Pockets of Booming Brazil, a Mint Idea Gains Currency Paulo Prada 2011

Described as a Brazilian Goodfellas, this film tracks the fortunes of a group of young men who turn to drug dealing, gangs and hoodlumlike behavior as a way to escape the Cidade de Deus (City of God), a stifling 1960s housing project for the poor.

Weekly Mishmash: January 31-February 6 : Scrubbles.net 2010

Notorious favelas like Rocinha and Cidade de Deus—where the electrifying 2002 film "City of God" was set—are becoming less hazardous.

Rio de Janeiro 2012

Não me atrevo a responder a tais perguntas, senão ainda corro o risco de ir parar na Procuradoria da Cidade pela segunda vez, quem sabe acusado de difamação e calunia, nunca se sabe!

Global Voices in English » Mozambique: House of the Flying Azagaias 2009

This month, a new local currency hit the streets in Cidade de Deus, the Rio slum that was the subject of a blockbuster film and a stop on President Barack Obama's South American tour this year.

In Pockets of Booming Brazil, a Mint Idea Gains Currency Paulo Prada 2011