While the Federative Republic of Brazil continues to lead the Americas during the Chikungunya outbreak in 2025 with over 53,000 cases and 27 related fatalities a small city recently confirmed an unusually high case fatality rate According to local media reporting on March 18 the city of Xanxerê registered its second Chikungunya-related fatality of 2025 According to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) with case-fatality rates ranging between 0.5 and 1.3 deaths per 1000 this city of just over 50 thousand inhabitants has recorded about 107 Chikungunya cases this year This news article did not explain this data the mosquito that transmits Chikungunya to people is the same vector that transmits dengue fever and Zika virus making Chikungunya easy to misdiagnose and appropriately treat The PAHO suggests avoiding being bitten by infected mosquitos And/or if you are departing abroad from the United States, the government suggests speaking with a travel vaccine expert about Chikungunya vaccination options before visiting an outbreak area The U.S. FDA has approved innovative Chikungunya vaccines for about two years they will be generally available at travel clinics and pharmacies Our Trust Standards: Medical Advisory Committee Please do not reproduce this content in part or in whole without permission. 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Read our terms of use for more info. the other is on a connected island – also called Santa Catarina – with plenty of small outcrops adjacent Here you’ll find tons of fun in the form of sun-baked beaches excellent seafood and romantic sunset wanders Learn to surf at Praia Mole Natural Feature @provasi / Unsplash Florianópolis Tours The Atlantic beaches of Santa Catarina Island aren’t merely beautiful broad stretches of golden sand framed by rocky capes are known for some of Brazil’s best surfing – and with so many beaches a small bay in the center of the island hosts championship tournaments and has two-point breaks and a beach break See everything Florianópolis has to offer with tours this strand of soft sand is framed by imposing mountains coated in a subtropical forest The only way in is over the mountains on a steep jungle trail running from Praia do Matadeiro beach hour-long walk and as there are no facilities at Lagoinha do Leste @ferranfeixas / unsplash Squeezed between Galheta mountain a seemingly endless golden beach and shimmering Santa Catarina lagoon Barra da Lagoa is a low-key fishing village with some damn fine views over the forested hills behind the beach Everyone knows it as the go-to for an evening drink or meal – keep your eyes peeled for menus doing freshly caught robalo (bass) or badejo (sea bream) – ideally served with salad and a side order of sunset view where the tapas-like petiscos are delicious and plentiful the main attraction is a series of salt-water lakes they’re the business for wind- and kite-surfing and the surrounding mountains have a series of launch ramps for paragliding with a handful of local clubs offering tandem flights suitable for all ages as well as classes leading to full paraglide certification Sign up to our newsletter to save up to $800 on our unique trips See privacy policy Hike Trilha do Morro das Aranhas Natural Feature Gabriel Phphy / Shutterstock It’s not the arachnids you need to worry about on the trail up 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The strikers work in several key sectors including health and mobilized and rallied at the city’s central square Lages is the largest city in Santa Caterina state and is part of an industrial This is the first contract for Lages municipal workers since 2020 25-year-old bus driver Daniel Alexis Guillermos Suárez was killed in Lima So far this year 16 drivers have been killed The company that employed Guillermo Suárez appears to have known that its drivers were in danger due to extortion attempts by a criminal gang family members and neighbors took to the streets demanding that bus drivers drop of their passengers and join them in protest; many bus drivers walked off their jobs and joined the demonstration thousands of bus drivers again went on strike; according to the Madrid Daily newspaper El País belonging to 460 companies did not operate that day the fifth work-stoppage in seven months; this time however the employers supported the job action surrounded the national legislature building in downtown Lima There were several instances of police repression throughout the day The drivers are demanding that the Dina Boluarte administration assure their safety one legislator proposed that bus drivers use bullet-proof shields and vests; another that the government deport all foreigners declared that in 2 years and a few months since she took office it was impossible to resolve a problem that has existed for “20 The union representing over 900 workers at PeaceHealth St announced April 8 that workers voted “overwhelmingly” to grant strike authorization as talks between the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare 1199NW and hospital management have failed to come to terms over wages SEIU local president Jane Hopkins told Cascadia Daily News that “our goal is not to strike but to reach an agreement.” Washington state law requires a ten-day strike notice PeaceHealth spokesperson Amy Drury replied that the hospital “has contingency plans in place” should a strike develop The bargaining unit includes lab assistants The old agreement expired in November of last year and more than a dozen negotiating sessions have taken place The two sides returned to the bargaining table this week PeaceHealth is also holding negotiations with two other bargaining groups while it is challenging an additional group seeking union representation The 600 workers at Mayo Clinic Hospital Methodist Campus in Rochester voted April 10 by an 87 percent margin to end their arbitration agreement and no-strike clause in future contracts The move will not affect current negotiations by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) on behalf of a variety of technicians Mayo is currently undergoing a $5 billion expansion in downtown Rochester while at the same time workers face understaffing and their wages are not keeping up with the cost of living SEIU bargaining committee member Hallie Wallace declared “It’s the changes in the way that Mayo Clinic is running their hospital and treating their employees over the last 10 years that has been a huge attack on the people who work here.” The union negotiated a one-year contract last year that expired in January of this year That agreement raised a section of workers to $20 an hour The current round of negotiations is seeking to achieve that increase for remaining workers Another local of Rochester Mayo workers at St Mary’s Hospital also labored under a no-strike agreement They voted last year to abolish arbitration and are currently locked into arbitrated negotiations since last September Workers at the Air Products plant in Middletown Ohio walked out on strike April 6 over wages citing the company’s failure to provide an offer that keeps up with inflation The 24 members of Teamsters Local 100 voted “almost unanimously” on the company’s “last best and final offer.” Air Products management said they had “implemented contingency plans to mitigate any disruption to our production or distribution of industrial gases to our customers.” Local 100 confirmed the company has hired replacement workers The recent contract rejection is the second time they have voted down company proposals The union conceded drivers want a contract that brings them up to standards of other Teamsters truck drivers rallied outside BC Transit offices in Victoria British Columbia on Monday in a strike now entering its ninth week under contract to BC Transit via their Transdev employer began a strike in pursuit of demands for improved job protections and contractual language guaranteeing proper break times and access to washrooms The strike has closed regional service in the Cowichan Valley and also affects inter-regional routes from Cowichan and Shawinigan Lake to the provincial capital in Victoria Bus strikes have affected several BC Transit contracted services over the past two years Bus drivers in Campbell River and the Comox Valley walked out for almost two months against their employer Transit workers in the central Fraser Valley also struck for 127 days in 2023 while Whistler region bus workers went on strike for 137 days in 2022 This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page The city of Balneário Camboriú will soon boast the world’s tallest residential skyscraper Balneario Camboriu (BC) is a relatively small coastal city in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina it has become Brazil’s sky-high playground with a flurry of skyscraper construction that has gained global attention According to the non-profit Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) Balneario Camboriu has become the tallest city in South America It is currently home to three of the continent’s five tallest buildings and is dubbed the “Dubai of South America” Italian design house Pininfarina has announced that Yachthouse has become the tallest building in Brazil The "Yachthouse" project contains two 81-storey residential skyscrapers that each reach 294 metres high (964 feet) – only 6 metres from the “supertall” skyscraper designation These twin towers owned by local developer Pasqualotto & GT contain luxury residences and were designed to be an "architectural icon" in the city Balneário Camboriú is known for its ingenuity and vision that encourage developers to build higher and bolder city will also boast the tallest residential skyscraper in the world cementing its status as a “vertical wonderland” Balneário Camboriú has become synonymous with a glitzy coastal paradise where the skyline is climbing as fast as the city’s reputation.  this once-modest beach town has transformed into South America’s skyscraper capital The city’s skyline has been skyrocketing over the last decade reshaping what was once a sleepy surf town into a playground for the elite.  With towering glass-and-steel structures reflecting the Atlantic’s shimmering waves it’s a place where high-rises meet high life Among the city’s architectural marvels stand the Yachthouse Towers — soaring at 281 meters (922 feet) they currently hold the title of South America’s tallest buildings.  But Balneário Camboriú isn’t content with just breaking local records.  The upcoming One Tower is set to surpass them reaching an astounding 365 metres (1,197 feet) making it the tallest residential building on the planet.  Talk about living the high life — literally Balneário Camboriú is still a beach town at heart To combat the growing shadows cast by its skyscrapers the city recently expanded its shoreline — pumping sand from the ocean floor to widen the beach by 70 meters (230 feet).  and an even grander view of the towering giants above As Balneário Camboriú prepares to welcome the world’s tallest residential skyscraper the city continues its ascent — both physically and culturally.  “Skylines shape societies,” says author Jason M Barr author of Cities in the Sky (The Quest to Build the World’s Tallest Skyscrapers).  “And skyscrapers underpin urban economic and cultural vibrancy Get the latest news and updates straight to your inbox Vinicius to stay as Guler keeps Madrid in La Liga hunt Raphinha vows: 'We’ll beat Argentina up' Vinicius fires stoppage time winner for Brazil Brazilian fashion redefines luxury in the Middle East fleeing the vehicle as the flames of a wildfire roared toward it This week’s incident — videos of which were published on social media, one from inside the bus and another from outside — occurred in Santa Catarina En su sección: “Cuenta la gente que el chofer gritó: ¡Atestígüenme!” 😮 Pasajeros tuvieron que descender del transporte público corriendo debido a que el chofer se detuvo cerca de un incendio en Nuevo León Afortunadamente, nadie resultó lesionado, más allá del susto. 🙏🙏 pic.twitter.com/0habKeE1eG — Azucena Uresti (@azucenau) March 5, 2025 After the bus was overtaken by the fast-moving conflagration the terrified passengers hurried off the bus most racing to safety inside the gates of a nearby industrial park you hear rising expressions of alarm at the approaching blaze as the passengers hasten toward the exit and scramble away from the bus This scene took place in the greater Monterrey metropolitan area where nearly 250 wildfires have been reported this week is a major industrial hub located in a dry valley surrounded by mountains Nuevo León Governor Samuel García said on Wednesday that firefighters had extinguished 236 fires but there were three active blazes — in Monterrey García and Santa Catarina municipalities — that were still a concern After initially attributing the fires to high winds and dust storms in combination with the lack of rain, García said Wednesday that the authorities had solid evidence against three suspected arsonists, according to El Financiero The governor said one of the suspects confessed to being paid 300 pesos to set a fire in the municipality of García where the blazes have caused more than 300 million pesos (US $14.8 million) worth of damage In Santa Catarina including the one that almost trapped the bus passengers That fire reportedly started in a vacant lot and although emergency personnel arrived on the scene swiftly high winds whipped the blaze out of control The bus was traveling south on State Highway 65 which traverses a valley to the west of Monterrey and is populated by residential areas and industrial parks As the fast-moving fire blasted across the highway forcing it to stop and prompting the panicked passengers to flee a young female passenger suffered burns on one leg State authorities have since shut down Highway 65 and an environmental emergency alert remains in effect With reports from El 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Angelica Mari is a Brazilian journalist and entrepreneurFollow AuthorAug 30, 2023, 04:48pm EDTShareSaveCommentFlorianópolis is home to some of Brazil's tech success stories like RD Station and Neoway Florianópolis has been the birthplace of successful ventures that underwent some of Brazil’'s biggest M&A deals such as RD Station, a digital marketing firm acquired by software giant Totvs, and Neoway, a big data company purchased by B3 – both for around $340 million in 2021. Beyond these, the state is home to established tech firms predating the startup boom and also hosts emerging companies and global giants like Mercado Livre, Zoho, and Zucchetti. "Given its challenges, like the lack of significant oil or mineral reserves and the absence of vast agricultural lands, coupled with natural adversities such as droughts, floods, and hurricanes, Santa Catarina had to pivot towards an alternative economic foundation to ensure growth," said Marcelo Fett, a veteran of the sector and the first Secretary of Science and Technology for Santa Catarina. The creation of the secretariat supports the collective aim of the catarinense ecosystem to accelerate the state's tech industry, which currently consists of 22,125 tech firms with a combined turnover of approximately $4.5 billion, accounting for 6% of the state's GDP. This positions Santa Catarina as Brazil's sixth-largest tech hub. The goal now is to double this contribution by 2026 through measures like credit provision for entrepreneurs, expansion of student loans and financial incentives for research-driven enterprises within the state, with details to be unveiled later this year. “[Santa Catarina] is a state that has a lot going for itself, especially when it comes to tech, and needs modernization to go even further”, said the state governor, Jorginho Mello. Iomani Engelmann, president at local technology association ACATE and CEO at health tech Pixeon, attributes the growing appeal of the local tech scene to Santa Catarina's historic and cultural trajectory, since a significant portion of Santa Catarina's population has Italian, German or Portuguese heritage. Inherently risk-takers in their personal lives, immigrants contributed to the local entrepreneurial spirit, Engelmann said, adding that their willingness to take risks, combined with the scarcity of opportunities rooted in the local culture, has catalyzed the creation of numerous startups. "We're a state formed by immigrants, who relied on mutual assistance for survival. This naturally fosters entrepreneurialism and association, yielding tangible results," he noted. Another key reason why the tech ecosystem in Santa Catarina is so significant in comparison to its GDP is scarcity, according to Rafael Assunção, a partner at Florianópolis-based M&A firm Questum. "The state has a limited number of corporate jobs, especially compared to states like São Paulo or Rio. Moreover, there are top-tier universities that churn out a pool of talent, which isn’t necessarily absorbed by major corporations" Assunção said, adding this scenario results in a unique situation: with limited opportunities, entrepreneurship becomes one of the few viable paths. Assunção draws a parallel between Santa Catarina and Israel, emphasizing how constraints can drive innovation. "Both places, while distinct in nature, are marked by a shortage in resources, compelling individuals to think outside the box", the investor pointed out. When asked about specific sectors with high growth potential, Assunção pointed to fintechs and retail techs. "These sectors are primed to benefit from new technologies, especially with the current wave of innovation around artificial intelligence. They handle vast transactional volumes and data, catering to consumers increasingly hungry for personalized experiences", he said. The next frontier for Santa Catarina's tech sector, as per ACATE's Engelmann, is global outreach. "We're well-positioned, and it's time to wave our flag internationally, showing that global expansion is an integral part of the journey of local entrepreneurs," he pointed out. Santa Catarina's startups have already begun making a mark globally. Among them is Decora, a company providing 3D decor scenarios for retailers, as a success story. Sold to US firm Creative Drive (a company now owned by Accenture) in 2018, the firm's technology is now utilized by some of the world's largest retailers, like Apple and Walmart. "The large and complex Brazilian market pushes entrepreneurs to come up with world-class solutions", said Assunção. One of the barriers for this Brazilian ecosystem is nurturing talent to meet the ecosystem's demands. Despite being Brazil's fourth-largest state in terms of tech professionals, Santa Catarina still faces a skills gap. As per ACATE, the state had 76,700 tech professionals in 2022 and created over 16,700 jobs in the last two years. With the demand set to grow, over 10,000 current job vacancies need to be filled. Engelmann is optimistic about initiatives aimed at tackling the issue, like partnerships with the public education system for rapid talent development. Reflecting on Santa Catarina's potential impact on national innovation environments, the executive believes there's a lot of best practices to share on a national scale. Collaborative efforts are already underway with regions like Ceará and Pará. "We hope to share with Brazil the successes of Santa Catarina, where large and small coexist harmoniously, and young entrepreneurs learn from seasoned ones, and vice versa. We want our culture of leadership and collaboration to become a reference for ecosystems nationwide," Engelmann noted. Another challenge will be developing the ability to better narrate and promote its success stories, according to Questum's Assunção. "While the state might not have gigantic success tales like Silicon Valley, it has hundreds of smaller, significant victories worth celebrating", he concluded. have prompted dozens of municipalities to declare a state of emergency At least 2 people have died in flooding and heavy rainfall that have affected the state since 03 October 2023 the state’s Civil Defence said a significant portion of the region is grappling with the impacts the severe weather conditions Out of the 295 municipalities in Santa Catarina 136 have been affected by the rains and floods 89 of which have declared a state of emergency and state authorities is actively engaged in providing aid and support to the affected regions the state government said it has distributed relief items including drinking water Authorities reported 12,289 people were displaced in the state with one fatality reported in Rio do Oeste and another in Palmeira according to information from the State Civil Defence Currently the impact of the flooding is concentrated in the Vale do Itajaí The city of Taió has been severely impacted and the state governor Jorginho Mello visited the area on 09 October Santa Catarina governor Jorginho Mello ordered the gradual and controlled opening of the flood gates of the Ituporanga and Taió dams in the Alto Vale do Itajaí which began in the early hours of 11 October further heavy rain is forecast for southern parts of Brazil over the coming days which is likely to worsen the situation further The National Institute of Meteorology (Inmet) warned of the impending arrival of a cold front which is likely to bring high volumes of rainfall from 11 October until the weekend and beyond in Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul Heavy rain and flooding caused multiple fatalities and widespread material damage in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in September this year Flooding and heavy rain continued to affect the state throughout September and early October hail and heavy rain caused damage in parts of Paraná State State Civil Defence reported 40 municipalities affected The worst of the flooding was reported in Rio Negro Paula Freitas and Mangueirinha suffered storm damage Rio Negro and São Jorge do Oeste municipalities declared an emergency situation as of 08 October 2023 Richard Davies is the founder of floodlist.com and reports on flooding news Cookies | Privacy | Contacts © Copyright 2025 FloodList Get our news on your inbox! Suscribe x MercoPress, en Español Montevideo, May 5th 2025 - 22:12 UTC The beach resort of Camboriú in the southern Brazilian State of Santa Catarina has been declared under emergency Thursday following heavy rains that flooded that place and others such as Florianópolis First responders have been working around the clock while State authorities also set up shelters as the need for improved drainage systems and flood prevention infrastructure has been highlighted Residents were also advised to exercise extreme caution in flood-prone areas Camboriú Mayor Juliana Pavan declared the emergency after more than 120 millimeters of rainfall were recorded in just a few hours flooding city streets and adjacent roads such as BR-101 Argentine tourists were reported to be arriving en masse for the second half of January as a convenient exchange rate advises against vacationing in their home country about 130 millimeters in the cities of Itajaí Camboriú and Balneário Camboriú More than half the volume expected for the entire month of January,” Santa Catarina Governor Jorginho Mello pointed out According to Camboriús Urban Mobility's Ricardo Pastrana lines were over 26 kilometers long in either direction passing through Porto Belo Pavan's measure triggered the Emergency Disaster Response Plan summoning volunteers to reinforce response actions and crowdfunding campaigns The City Council also announced the opening of three emergency shelters The Response and Action Coordination Group (GRAC) and teams from Civil Defense the Department of Public Works and Public Safety are working together in the area to ensure the safety of the population and tourists especially considering that these climatic phenomena increase the probability of landslides no weather model predicted Thursday's crisis characteristic of maritime circulation rains caught people in Itajaí and Camboriú by surprise Santa Catarina's experimental meteorological station Epagri/Ciram is not capable of detecting this type of weather phenomenon in time Epagri/Ciram's expert Gilsânia Cruz told local media that identifying this type of phenomenon depends on smaller-scale precision models in addition to meteorologists being able to handle new forecasting models Foul weather is expected to continue until at least Saturday Brazil's Civil Defense Department predicted heavy and persistent rains will continue to affect Bombinhas Mello had already made headlines Wednesday when he highlighted that the city of Pomerode known as the most German city in Brazil “stands out for the color of people's skin.” According to Brazil's Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) The Governor's statement during the opening of the 40th Pomeranian festival was posted on the Santa Catarina State's website on audio and went viral for its alleged “racist” tint which could result in criminal charges against the State's Chief Executive and this accusation doesn't apply to me,” Mello insisted Commenting for this story is now closed.If you have a Facebook account, become a fan and comment on our Facebook Page You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience. Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world Balneario Camboriu has become a test case for what happens when private developers are given free rein By Daniel CancelPhotography & video by Maíra Erlich It’s in the small town of Balneario Camboriu has been converted over the last half-century from a small fishing village into an experiment of what happens when private developers are given free rein Seven of Brazil’s 10 tallest buildings have risen there, including the highest residential tower in Latin America. Buyers include Brazilian soccer star Neymar and billionaire families behind fortunes minted through industry and agriculture The result is a city that’s become a favorite holiday destination for many lured by its panoramic views, safe streets and relative prosperity in a country that struggles with crime and poverty. And one that, simultaneously, is ill-prepared for the unchecked growth that’s led to contaminated sea water infrastructure bottle necks and the pricing out of the middle class For many locals who are reaping the benefits of the boom slogans like “O Brasil que deu certo” (The Brazil that worked out) are common along with “O ceu e o limite” (The sky’s the limit) There’s scant affordable housing or proper public transportation many of the expensive apartments — used as investment properties or second homes — sit empty has lived in Balneario Camboriu for 40 years and has been hawking things on the sand for 26 years She hasn’t moved from where she first bought since she can’t afford anything else ‘I was told Brazil had favelas and I arrived and saw this.’ I say No company is more responsible for the vertical growth of the city than FG Empreendimentos The family-owned real estate company is omnipresent from advertising at the airport to billboards in empty lots and sales offices scattered across town there’s the roughly 60 towers FG has built on which the company’s initials glow green at night FG has nearly 50% of the market and has been constructing there since the 1990s an entrepreneur and local businessman from humble origins in nearby Gaspar a fit 44-year-old with whitened teeth and a perma-tan He and his father have traveled the globe from Dubai to Singapore Panama City and New York City to learn about skyscrapers soon followed by a 150-floor building that would be the tallest residential project in the world “We’ve tripled our sales since 2019,” the younger Graciola said in an interview in his office as he shuffled through laminated projects he plans to launch Before a family might buy an apartment for themselves Now they’re buying an apartment per family member.” Billionaire mogul Luciano Hang, who owns the Havan retailer and was a major Bolsonaro-backer is from nearby Brusque and owns multiple properties in Balneario He is also developing new projects with FG after co-investing in several lots in the past often of German and Italian origin from Santa Catarina state were the first major drivers of investment into the seaside town along with buyers from nearby Rio Grande do Sul and Parana states wealthy farmers have started to buy properties in Balneario Camboriu — so much so that real estate firms even created specialized payment plans that coincide with the harvest season Four of top six most expensive cities are in Santa Catarina state At 12,624 reais ($2,580 USD), Balneario Camboriu has the most expensive real estate by average square meter in Brazil, according to FipeZAP The pandemic accelerated the momentum in the market some beachfront properties saw prices go up more than 30% after the seashore was extended that financed that project — a sign of the influence the developers wield Everyone involved in the housing market seemed genuinely surprised at the question of whether there’s a real estate bubble that could burst and cause widespread pain in the local economy the fever in Balneario Camboriu is spreading Neighboring towns Itapema and Itajai have seen real estate prices rise 20% and 13% That makes the three towns the most expensive places to buy property outside of state capitals has spent more than half of his 36 years in the market both as a buyer and seller He says there’s no point in investing in the stock market or in government bonds when real estate prices keep going up he’s seen buyers flip properties for a profit and developers More than 60% of activity at his firm CRI is for investment purposes while one individual he knows has put money into more than 20 properties “The private-public connection is very strong and creates almost an infinite pool of money,” he said “With the sky as the limit and the city not limiting heights you can build the tallest building on the planet if there’s a big enough lot and engineering capability.” developers are racing to see whose project will hit 100,000 reais per square meter first At the southern end of the main beach, local developers teamed up with Pininfarina to build the 80-floor twin-tower Yachthouse soccer star Neymar owns a four-story penthouse valued at more than 80 million reais residents can enter the building and board a yacht in the adjacent marina without going out on the street Some 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) north on Brava beach construction is nonstop as private condominiums and some of the first towers in the area go up It’s there that Carlos Trossini has developed Bravissima which has ultra-high end apartments as large as 800 square meters (8,611 square feet) and plots for mansions But it looks very different than the rest of Balneario Camboriu because it involves preserving most of the native forest on the land he bought 30 years ago During a visit, Trossini scrolled through supermodel Gisele Bundchen’s Instagram pictures that were posted from his penthouse and property Potential buyers need to be screened 48 hours ahead of a visit Eduardo Zanatta is one of 19 city council members in Balneario Camboriu and is the only member of the leftist Workers’ Party. It’s a daunting task in a city that voted nearly 90% in favor of Jair Bolsonaro in the last election now lives there and plans to run in this year’s election for a spot on the council “I talk with a lot of young people in the city whose parents bought here 20 or 30 years ago this generation has no prospects of having their own place,” Zanatta The university professor wrote a book about the history of the town where she grew up and lived most of her life she says her middle-class income makes it impossible to afford a home there “There’s an ignorance to want to just make money now and not think of the future of the city,” she said it’s nearly impossible to live close to work which sits across the congested BR-101 highway is much poorer and part of the contamination that ends up on the beach stems from the lack of treated water there the 48-year-old touted social programs and environmental gains A problem for the neighboring town to fix since Balneario has 98% of their sewage network connected He praised the safe streets in the small enclave patrolled by the municipal police and explained a new campaign asking people not to give money to beggars at traffic lights The city has a policy to pick up homeless people The city’s population swells to 1 million around New Year’s. This year, Abu Dhabi donated drones for a fireworks show The bulk of tourists fit a more middle-class profile a contrast to the high prices of real estate in Balneario Camboriu A massive cruise ship anchored offshore unloads passengers one small group at a time due to the lack of a port Tourists fill bars and restaurants while old-timers play dominoes or a bowling game called “bocha.” Kiosks selling caipirinhas Joggers and electric bikes pass on the main avenue day and night while an occasional Ferrari or Porsche zips by most lights are out in the tall apartment towers Graciola of FG says the company has 3.2 million square meters of empty lots that it can still develop FG has no plans to expand outside of its home market but is in talks with global hotel chains to partner on higher quality hospitality Beyond an office in Miami, FG is actively trying to sell more to wealthy clients in Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro states. Their most recent brand ambassador is Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo whose image could help sell units to European buyers “With the projects that will take Balneario Camboriu to the world we’ll need clients from abroad,” Graciola said “People who are starting to see Brazil in a new way.” Edited by Danielle Balbi and Steven Crabill Photo editing by Marie Monteleone Eleven people died in floods in the city of Presidente Getúlio The city recorded 125mm of rain in 24 hours to 17 December Civil Defence said 1,600 people were affected by the floods Authorities have declared a state of emergency A twelfth fatality was reported in Ibirama Two other people are reported missing in Rio do Sul where 90mm of rain fell in 24 hours to 17 December Floods and landslides also caused damages to roads bridges and infrastructure in the municipalities of Aurora along with areas of Sul Catarinense and Florianópolis regions recorded 91 mm of rain in 24 hours to 17 December police and fire service are working in the area to provide support for victims and carry out evacuations and search and rescue operations A cyclone hit Santa Catarina and other southern states in July this year causing floods and wind damage and leaving at least 9 dead Flash flooding and landslides were reported in Florianópolis after heavy rainfall on 21 January More heavy rain was reported in the state of Santa Catarina during the following days Civil Defence of Santa Catarina (DCSC) said almost 40mm of rain fell in Florianópolis in a 1 hour period around midday on 24 January DCSC added that 86mm of rain fell in 3 hours and 104mm in 6 hours Roads were blocked by flood waters or landslide debris in several parts of the city The city fire service reported 70 people were evacuated after flooding Lagoa da Conceição neighbourhood when embankments of a sewage treatment pond collapsed Two people died when a landslide in the Saco Grande neighbourhood caused a wall of a house to collapse Heavy rain and flooding has affected other parts of the state and Civil Defence of Santa Catarina (DCSC) reported rain-related incidents in 31 municipalities over the past few days A man died after being dragged by flood water in Entre Rios More than 2,000 people were affected by flooding in Guabiruba where about 240 houses were damaged and 30 people were displaced Around 170mm of rain fell in Guabiruba in 24 hours to 25 January 🤲 Nossa equipe da Assistência Social está em campo nas regiões atingidas na Lagoa da Conceição e Saco Grande orientando e encaminhando as famílias atingidas Doações e voluntários são bem vindos! Procurem @SomarFloripa e saiba como ajudar! 🙏🏽 pic.twitter.com/xdCyYeg2Xl — Prefeitura de Florianópolis (@scflorianopolis) January 25, 2021 A Defesa Civil e os Bombeiros atuam em regime intensivo, por causa da chuva forte. Infelizmente, duas pessoas perderam a vida, em Florianópolis. @defesacivilsc @cbmscoficial pic.twitter.com/tttNy9oILq — Daniela Reinehr (@DanielaReinehr) January 24, 2021 🚧 Tráfego prejudicado na saída da Ilha pela Via Expressa sentido BR-101 Seguimos no trabalho de remoção do deslizamento ocorrido no final de semana um novo deslizamento acaba de ocorrer na área Busque uma rota alternativa: Estreito/Ponte Hercílio Luz. pic.twitter.com/JsbVW1Wugx — Prefeitura de Florianópolis (@scflorianopolis) January 25, 2021 ⚠️ Maquinário da Prefeitura retirando barreira na SC-401 pra água poder escoar. Trabalhos no trecho próximo ao Sebrae. pic.twitter.com/AxkbViHTc2 — Prefeitura de Florianópolis (@scflorianopolis) January 24, 2021 A situação aqui em florianópolis tá cada vez mais tensa… já fazem 7 dias que chove direto e sem parar… quando para fica 5 minutos sem chover e dps volta, chega a ser assustador 🙁 nunca fui de ter medo de chuva, mas agora, toda noite choro de medo pic.twitter.com/NwcGcv2mEY — vee downey ᱬ – WV SPOILERS (@universejdm) January 24, 2021 Florianópolis… Uma semana de chuva. pic.twitter.com/aqqBphhj5b — Lemuriano (@L3muriano) January 25, 2021 Chuva provoca rompimento de uma lagoa com efluentes (esgoto) em Florianópolis. pic.twitter.com/llxIb2lf0G — Mariella Lopes (@Mariellalopes) January 25, 2021 Louis’ MLS expansion team has signed international forward João Klauss as a Designated Player currently on loan at Sint-Truidense V.V in Belgium will join the club via a transfer from German Bundesliga club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim The 25-year-old forward has signed a three-and-a-half-year deal with an option for an additional year; however the financial terms of his contract were not disclosed He will join STL CITY SC in July 2022 after completing his loan spell with Sint-Truidense V.V and spent his youth career at local clubs Internacional Clube Juventude’s and Grêmio’s before moving to Europe traveled across the world to fulfill his dream of becoming a professional soccer player in Europe He signed his first professional contract with TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II after he was recruited by STL CITY Sporting Director Lutz Pfannenstiel who was the Director of International Relations & Scouting at the German club at the time “Klauss is a player I have known since a very young age and I continued following his career,” explained Pfannenstiel Hoffenheim Director of Football Alexander Rosen and I played a major role in bringing him to Germany when I was at Hoffenheim He has tremendous capacity to score and create chances for his teammates Those attributes will surely help our team and we are excited to help him maximize his potential.” Klauss’ ability to hold the ball and being a proven goal scorer at the European level caught the attention of Pfannenstiel who knew his unique playing style adds a different dynamic to any team similar to the one being implemented at St he was loaned to Finnish top-flight club HJK Helsinki helping the club to the Veikkausliiga Championship while finishing his campaign as the league’s top scorer with 21 goals he joined Austrian club Linzer ASK (LASK) and scored 24 goals across all competitions Klauss returned to Hoffenheim’s first team totaling 10 appearances (four in the Bundesliga five in the Europa League and one in the DFB Cup) Klauss is currently on loan at Belgian top-tier club Sint-Truidense V.V it’s always good to have a quality striker on your team and Klauss is a player that is also willing to do the dirty work defensively,” commented Bradley Carnell “Klauss is a very talented striker with a strong physical appearance but is also a fantastic person He has already proven his scoring ability in several leagues and I am convinced that he will have a big impact in the MLS Louis CITY has the ideal guy to build a strong team for the future We worked successfully together for many years and I wish him all the best,” remarked Alexander Rosen TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Director of Professional Football Last Club: TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (on loan at Sint-Truidense V.V.) You don't have permission to access the page you requested. What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed. The present study aim was to rethink the geographical reasoning of everyday life toward a new understanding of knowing how to think about space through an interdisciplinary approach, architecture-psychology. This allowed establishing logical relations in spatial and socio-spatial distributions and uses of social phenomena, typical of Santa Catarina Lachatao, an indigenous Mexican community in Sierra Norte Zapoteca.      The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance. Volume 5 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2023.968406 Introduction: The present study aim was to rethink the geographical reasoning of everyday life toward a new understanding of knowing how to think about space through an interdisciplinary approach This allowed establishing logical relations in spatial and socio-spatial distributions and uses of social phenomena an indigenous Mexican community in Sierra Norte Zapoteca Methods: Based on ethnographic qualitative interdisciplinary research methods along with a total of three visits lasting 15 weeks the daily experience of people and their community in different times and spaces The geographical approach (cartographies) reflects the social construction of the spatial components as the basic understanding of the territory from everyday life In this study we worked on indigenous citizenship and its territory and contrasting social phenomena such as power-subjection and exclusion-inclusion that transversally allow us to reflect and understand some of the characteristics of diversity and territoriality of the indigenous communities in Mexico Results: Characteristics that predominating in indigenous communities was recognized and featured This was observed in the social production of their public space which evidence intergenerational pride and sense of community and belonging and their commitment to preserve their life project sustaining their space The natural rural context emerges from the interplay between the natural landscape and the built environment (in constant expansion) The bodies of water are respected and protected by the community and the original crossings are still preserved as precious resources Landscape takes precedence over the irregular built environment Discussion: Developing interdisciplinary research -architecture and psychology–allowed studying the community development of a Mexican indigenous community respectfully approaching diversity and territoriality of Santa Catarina Lachatao Societies must be understood in and by means of space Public policy is crucial to strengthen the autonomy and configuration of indigenous communities warranting their active participation in the design and evaluation of government programs that favor the sustainable use of their lands and natural resources as well as the preservation of their values and traditions The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance indigenous social groups witness and participate in a paradoxically ancient global modernity whose origin dates back to the historical moments when contrasts of power–subjugation and exclusion–inclusion became visible and explicitly identified the relationship between the ways of life has been strained under the force of exclusion considering them as permanent processes that reconfigured the spatial and psychosocial lives of communities allows us to understand the meaning the importance of contemporary indigenous movements allowing a spatial survey to elaborate a cartographic (urban) expression of the inclusive environment The first visit was made after researching the anthropological literature and bibliography of the study site and their customs and traditions, reflecting intersectionality (Crenshaw, 2005; Hankivsky, 2011, 2012; Esmiol et al., 2012) a researcher acting as a person with different social and political conditions respectfully approached the indigenous community Activities with the community for introducing the people were carried out to establish empathy and build reciprocal ties The 'representatives of the community and the political system—Assembly and Municipal President—and the leaders of the tourism committee A tour of the urban area and main tourist sites was conducted The Santa Catarina Lachatao community refers to those living in the Sierra Norte region of Oaxaca a spacious mountainous terrain of sociocultural divergence where the Zapotec people have created ways for sustainable life with their own cosmovision and organizational structure through fundamental communitarian experiences These aspects permit the transcendence of thought and history sharing through a common cultural horizon that defines its way of life in terms of the concept of space–time–life a total unit that articulates its environment and a space where life expresses itself and develops as the transcendental act of being human This cosmovision defines the way of life of each community and locates all subjects under equal conditions These respective communities produce a sense of belonging that allows the reproduction of the ways of being a Zapotec actors can construct a society whose identity and culture are coherently articulated with a world and humanized space in individual the Zapotec Sierra Norte is a sociocultural and territorial indigenous space configured by a family/community organization with traditional rural activities and religiosity based on a profound relationship with nature and a millennial history linked to a life project under constant reconstruction The current population is principally indigenous. According to the (National Institute of Statistics Geography, 2021) approximately 420,324 people live in this region the Zapotec Sierra Norte comprises an 8,918.03 km2 region located in the 93,000 km2 of the state of Oaxaca the Zapotec Sierra Norte counts for 9.5% of state land where just over 4% of the total population resides Communitarian life is based on the indigenous social organization of customs and traditions that emerge through the participation of the entire citizenry these customs and traditions adapt to familial and communitarian necessities since family units are the principal support for these organizations This indigenous social organization of customs and traditions is used in communal decision-making It promotes the indigenous citizenry's fulfillment of diverse activities related to public participation such as nomination to social and public posts and active participation in assemblies It is this very participation by which they award themselves rights to pertain to and reside in the community the indigenous movements are not homogeneous; therefore we must visualize them in their diverse forms of organization and participation then we can create spark and inspire the inclusive development of indigenous communities as the active dimension of the development of societies and cultural forms to read and understand the world This was possible based on interdisciplinary research involving architecture and psychology where the feelings of the indigenous people were documented from its sociospatial dimension where the Lachatao indigenous community finds its purpose knowing the space/society relationship through each person if certain advances in everyday life are taken up from psychology they are then brought to geography to specify the space/society relationship This intersubjective context provides meaning to space and to the other in a constant process of resignification and construction of living spaces we can identify prospective elements for a graphic cultural representation (cartography) in which the geographic approximation permits the construction of the basic comprehension of the territory through essential components of daily life The indigenous citizenry of the Santa Catarina Lachatao community with an emphasis on children between 5 and 16 years of age The collected data were the object of the present study and that of a biographical-narrative study of the ethnographic approach to children's graphic representations of Lachatao Researcher participation emphasizes her experience integration with the studied community and offers the opportunity for further reflexive studies As the immersive work develops in total involvement in the geographic reality (Sanguin et al., 1981; Hochschild et al., 2020; Hruby et al., 2020), the fieldwork must be differentiated spatially and temporally from the rest of the research (Guber, 2015) We carried out three onsite visits for a total of 15 weeks The first visit occurred after a process of bibliographical anthropology and a literature review of the study site and its customs and traditions the researcher began a reflexive process concerning her personhood and sociopolitical conditions through coexistence with the indigenous community The researcher met officially with each member of the community with the intention of establishing reciprocal empathic connections Greeting activities were also organized with representatives of the communitarian political system and the leaders of the tourism committee among others we organized a tour to the central (urban) center and the main tourist sites we made a second visit for 5 weeks to achieve a physical rural land survey and record parameters demonstrating the Sierra Norte of Oaxaca indigenous community's life project (space–time–life) according to their identity and ethnicity We encouraged native participation through a wide range of possibilities They functioned as witnesses to the researcher monitoring the interventions and the precision of the data collected They also offered to help the researcher and also other unplanned The third visit lasted 2 months (8 weeks) onsite Our objective was to fulfill our responsibilities as a member of the indigenous community We were able to participate in tequio activities for the construction of a chapel and to help women in their tasks in the kitchen we carried out investigative activities such as completing the physical land survey and hosting participative workshops for school children and community adults The graphics depicted in the results section come from the fieldwork and personal elaboration and analyzed during the abovementioned visits and interventions Photograph of the infrastructure and geography Using systems of bioconstruction, taught and practiced throughout history, we understand the most representative forms of production and spatial reproduction in harmony with the distinct manners of appropriation and use of space and how these allow the subject to valorize and revalorize over time the daily experience of living as a native Zapotec. Lindon and Hiernaux (2006) call this phenomenon Tuan reflects that “the space is transformed in place as we know it better and we endow its value” (1983 In Santa Catarina Lachatao, the municipal seat stands out, both because of its location at the center of the community (Figure 2) and also due to being the site of the municipal city hall of the community and other neighboring communities. Other important sites are the Catholic Santa Catarina Temple of Spanish origin, the Communitarian Museum, a restaurant, and a sports field (Figure 3) The communitarian character of public space profoundly impacts and anchors social space Aerial photography of Santa Catarina Lachatao we can observe the municipal seat as a central node stimulating and configuring meeting points and social life in the indigenous community it is possible to observe the expression of vernacular architecture framing the municipal seat This vernacular architecture was constructed by the Lachatao citizens using tequio and systems of bioconstruction for native and touristic use Community buildings of mixed type with diaphanous and flexible space The evident anatomy of the rural territory in question helps to understand that the relations between actors and their territory are governed by the project of communitarian life This project merges space–time–life to articulate its entourage and cosmovision in a respectful relation toward the environment according to present necessities all the while considering future generations The community's own ethical code demonstrates this as shown publicly in the office of tourism (located in the municipal seat) This ethical code governs social behavior on the part of all indigenous citizens and any external visitor regarding the natural and social environment The built environment maintains the citizenry's relations with the territory insofar as it hosts a public space accessible to all stimulates social cohesion as seen by the meeting of children and seniors in a sociospatial dimension where all are equal and interact according to traditions and customs The natural rural context could be described as a rural panorama emerging from the interplay between the natural landscape and the built environment (in constant expansion). Figure 5 shows the existing residential buildings surrounding public infrastructure installations in an irregular urban trace This irregular dispersion is due to respect for the natural topography of the site as well as the lotification of zoning Humanistic cartography of Santa Catarina Lachatao Based on reports and descriptions such as those expressed in Figures 6–8 the incidental topography of the Sierra Zapoteca Mountain range spanning the state of Oaxaca constitutes an extreme environment of diverse mountain formations Over 90% of the state's surface area consists of mountainous terrain At the top of Jaguar Hill is an almost intact archeological zone where equinoctial celebrations are held every year Topography- Sierra Norte level curves at every 1.00 meter distance Natural glen of water that crosses Santa Catarina Lachatao from north to south The natural water paths (creeks), cut across the community, flow from North to South. These bodies of water (Figure 8) are respected and protected by the community and the original crossings are still preserved as precious resources One can observe how the natural landscape takes precedence over the built environment which allows nature to inform the aesthetics of space has the potential to consolidate itself as an ecotouristic destination The infrastructure and the inhabitants' objectives of preserving and caring for the environment show an ideal location for enjoying nature's bounties and recovering ties to culture as a pre-Hispanic community Seasonal tourism and visits through the city space are geographically controlled Vegetation according to the distribution of natural resources in the community Re-interpretation of Valeria Valencia through an artistic engraving Developing qualitatively descriptive ethnographic research in situ allows geographic critical thinking generates a new geographical logic of savoir-penser of space We were able to establish the logical relations of distribution and study the uses and phenomena of social space all the while respecting the characteristic diversity and territoriality of the Santa Catarina Lachatao indigenous community in the Sierra Norte of Oaxaca we conducted a series of transversal and intersecting political analyses to understand the social phenomena specific to Lachatao from a critically reflexive perspective The resulting discussion originates in our recognition that Oaxaca has communities that are conscious of their internal processes in opposition to late modernity This societal transparency leads to the continual reconstruction and consolidation of new economic political and cultural situations with their concomitant identities This society in movement contrasts with late modernity insofar as it does not only declare itself different but also insists on greater self-awareness they safeguard and control community access the style of bioconstruction employed to create buildings with clay and lumber informs us of the communities' respect for the environment through their ethical code Developing interdisciplinary research—architecture and psychology—allowed studying the community development of a Mexican indigenous community respectfully approaching the diversity and territoriality of Santa Catarina Lachatao A rich data collection features its urban expression with children's graphic productions accounting for the cultural baggage that their community has transmitted and modeled over time evincing relevant social and cultural milestones compiled in their historical memory to speak of conclusions would entail a mere formalism after our leap of faith What we seek is to open different perspectives and new reflexes from the interdisciplinarity where we look to not lose hope that one day “to fulfill the task entrusted and finish with our own work”.. 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Other paintings strip back the characters’ skin to reveal the polygons that make the digital models. In a Biennale of complex and nuanced identity politics, Solmi’s carnivalesque satire is a shock to the system. Whether it’s a welcome surprise is another question. Interspersed with Solmi’s exhibition in the Palazzo Donà dalle Rose is the Cameroon pavilion, a mixed bag of work which struggles to compete. Paola Buratto Caovilla, No More Time Venezia Paola Buratto Caovilla, No More Time Venezia © The Art Newspaper Manolo Valdés, Las Meninas a San Marco (until 15 June) Manolo Valdés, Las Meninas a San Marco © The Art Newspaper Claude Lalanne, Pair of 'sphinxes' (2000) Planète Lalanne, Palazzo Rota Ivancich, until 3 November Claude Lalanne, Pair of "Sphinxes" (2000) An installation view of I’m Not Afraid Of Ghosts at the Palazzo Tiepolo Passi Image courtesy of TCollection and Malevich.io. Tom Herck's Once We Ruled the World in Venice there's a plethora of exhibitions vying for visitors' attention We've selected some of our favourites ranging from Shahzia Sikander fairytale gothic palace to Andrzej Wróblewski's poignant depictions of war review16 April 2024Venice Biennale 2024: the must-see pavilions in the GiardiniFrom cocoa-covered creations here is our selection of top shows from the first preview day Changes in municipal legislation and real estate market dynamics are driving the construction of taller buildings Léo Ramos Chaves / Revista Pesquisa FAPESP Brazilians are increasingly opting for apartment living a trend highlighted by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics’ (IBGE) latest Demographic Census for 2000–2022 has been driven by different factors in different cities In metropoles like São Paulo and Porto Alegre urban planners and architects observe a trend of relaxed zoning regulations bending to the dynamics of the real estate market where building-height restrictions have remained largely unchanged since the 1970s IBGE defines apartments as dwellings within multi-story buildings featuring common grounds and amenities Despite Brazil being predominantly a nation of house owners with 84.8% of Brazilians residing in houses the latest Census revealed a notable increase in apartment dwellers rising from 7.6% (in 2000) to 12.5% (in 2022) the three top-ranking cities in this shift aren’t the bustling metropolises: Santos (SP) and São Caetano do Sul (SP) have over half their residents living in apartments attributes Santos’s high-rise growth to its insular geography with most of the island-city’s real estate already developed “This has led to a natural expansion upwards,” he suggests “Pristine coastal areas are prime for vertical development to attract homebuyers looking for beachside properties The city’s coastline is an extreme case of high-rise development,” he says the city’s 290-meter skyscraper overlooking Atlântica Avenue holds the record for Brazil’s tallest building was developed primarily through high-rise construction partly driven by its proximity to São Paulo João Fernando Pires Meyer from the School of Architecture and Urban Planning notes that while urban verticalization is a nationwide trend it is more pronounced in the South and Southeast “About 70% of the country’s high-rises are concentrated in just 66 cities,” Meyer says zoning regulations have been relaxed to accommodate real-estate market interestsdiegograndi / Getty Images São Paulo and its surrounding cities—including Guarulhos and Campinas—account for half of Brazil’s apartment buildings São Paulo alone saw over 60,000 new high-rise homes developed annually “The region’s verticalization stems from São Paulo’s urban density as available land for traditional housing is in short supply So the only room for city expansion is upward and outward to neighboring cities,” says Meyer the high-rise trend has been growing since 2010,” says Angelo Salvador Filardo a professor of architecture and urban planning at FAU-USP who has led a research group on high-rise development and urban densification in Brazilian cities since 2017 This expansion of major cities or metropolises to a point where they are fused with neighboring cities is termed “conurbation” by researchers in the field Other examples of conurbation include the regions of Vitória and Vila Velha in Espírito Santo; Natal and Parnamirim in Rio Grande do Norte; and Curitiba and São José dos Pinhais in Paraná an architecture and urban planning professor at FAU-USP the IBGE upgraded three new Brazilian cities to metropolises: Florianópolis is a large city that exerts influence over the surrounding urban space Alexandre Affonso / Revista Pesquisa FAPESP“The early spread of high-rise development in Brazil correlates with a period of increased industrialization and urbanization in the 1970s when urban populations surpassed rural ones,” explains architect and urban planner Manoel Lemes da Silva Neto from the Catholic University of Campinas (PUC-Campinas) compared to the 84.36% reported in 2010 by the IBGE Another factor driving high-rise development in the 1970s was technological advancements in the construction industry “Elevator capacity and building systems improved enabling the construction of progressively taller buildings,” notes Luciana Nicolau Ferrara a professor of architecture and urban planning at the Federal University of ABC (UFABC) Ferrara completed a FAPESP-funded research project that explored the interface between the São Paulo real estate market and environmental concerns and the financial interests of major construction firms and developers have all played a role in the current high-rise trend a sociologist at the Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning (IAU) at USP in São Carlos São Paulo’s real estate market dynamics were primarily driven by individual property transactions for residential use many developments are designed to attract investors seeking real-estate assets,” explains Rizek who has researched the development of Brazilian cities and low-income housing programs “The current vertical urbanization process in São Paulo is creating what we term a ‘hollow city,’” suggests Silva Neto of PUC-Campinas referring to a concept coined by Anderson Kazuo Nakano a professor of architecture and urban planning at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) Nakano uses this metaphor to describe how many new buildings are sparsely occupied São Paulo had 290,000 vacant houses or flats in 2010 Léo Ramos Chaves / Revista Pesquisa FAPESPVerticalization in São Paulo has primarily taken the form of mid-range and high-end buildings in neighborhoods with subway stationsLéo Ramos Chaves / Revista Pesquisa FAPESP Vertical growth has different drivers and comes in different forms from one city to another São Paulo has the highest number of apartments in Brazil at 1.4 million units; approximately 29.4% of its population now lives in apartment buildings The municipal government developed its first Master Plan in 1971 followed by successive revisions over the decades The changes enacted in its 2014 edition were widely hailed as a step in the right direction by the city’s leading urban planners and architects dense cities operate more efficiently and sustainably,” says Meyer of USP “Dense urban arrangements reduce the need for travel and while also mitigating pollution and energy costs.” The 2014 Master Plan (Law No 16,050) introduced guidelines to encourage greater concentrations of residents along mass-transit corridors and expanded height limits for buildings in these zones Apartments within this concept have an average 80 square-meter (m²) footprint and come with only one parking space “The goal is to develop housing that caters to different social profiles along a backbone axis—an area furnished with good infrastructure and mass transit,” notes Manoel Rodrigues Alves an urban planner and architect at IAU-USP in São Carlos the primary objectives of the 2014 Master Plan have not been met Many new developments near subway stations have failed to incorporate affordable housing units mid-range and high-end buildings have been erected as seen in neighborhoods like Vila Madalena and Pinheiros in São Paulo’s West Side “Construction firms and developers have exploited loopholes in zoning regulations to develop projects aligned with their commercial interests,” says Alves he concluded a FAPESP-funded research project investigating high-rise development and its purported role in building more inclusive cities Maira Erlich / Bloomberg via Getty ImagesAtlântica Avenue in Balneário Camboriú: the city’s zoning regulations have no height limits for developments along this avenueMaira Erlich / Bloomberg via Getty Images The real-estate market has responded to the new guidelines with developments featuring studio-type apartments near subway stations Despite their compact size—less than 80 square meters—they boast balconies with barbecue areas and communal amenities such as party halls With the current ban on apartments with more than one parking space each some developers have purchased adjacent lots to create parking facilities that can then be leased to future residents of the development The latest revision of São Paulo’s Master Plan has increased the average size of apartments and the number of parking spaces in developments along high-density backbone axes This has attracted high-end developments precisely near the city’s subway stations “The current Master Plan is more aligned with the interests of the real estate market and the essential tenets of the 2014 Master Plan have been abandoned,” he adds a political-science researcher at the USP Center for Metropolitan Studies (CEM) conducted a survey on the São Paulo real estate market based on property-tax data over the period 2000–2020 which quantifies locations serving as housing for one or more individuals Marques’s study focused on the stock of titled properties—residential properties that have been legalized by the municipal government—including those not necessarily being used for residence whereas these were included in the IBGE Census São Paulo now has more apartments than it does houses a figure that climbed to 1.37 million by 2020—an increase of 11.8% apartments surged from 767,000 units in 2000 to 1.38 million in 2020 we observed an uninterrupted trend of verticalization throughout the city,” notes Marques the city saw two different master plans and two zoning laws “These regulations accelerated the high-rise trend in some neighborhoods but the city as a whole was already undergoing a process of vertical expansion,” he says mid-range buildings have been the main drivers of urban growth over the past 20 years Cristian Lourenço / Getty ImagesIn Rio de Janeiro master plans have been developed with a view to preserving the cityscapeCristian Lourenço / Getty Images The relaxation of zoning regulations to accommodate real-estate market interests also helps explain the vertical growth trend in Porto Alegre according to architect and urban planner William Mog defended in 2022 at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) Mog analyzed formal real-estate market data in a study similar to Marques’s Porto Alegre has the fifth-highest percentage of people living in apartments with 42% of its residents residing in this type of housing Based on property-tax data for 2000 to 2019 Mog found that apartments accounted for 60% of the square footage built during the period “This reflects recent amendments to the city’s urban planning regulations Master plans were adapted to accommodate a high-rise land-use model,” says the researcher He cites as examples the verticalization of sections of the city’s North Side which until 2000 were environmental protection areas or originally industrial areas barred from real estate development we have observed a proliferation of developments primarily targeting individuals with low to moderate purchasing power,” he says “These buildings have increased population density in the outer areas of the city significantly affecting urban mobility,” says Mog an architect and urban planner at the Operational Support Center for Urban Planning and Property Affairs run by the State Public Prosecutor’s Office Many of the regulatory changes that eased restrictions on vertical development were not implemented through master plans but through specific laws that altered land-use zoning for new real estate developments Rio de Janeiro’s master plans have consistently placed a cap on building heights in the city a professor of architecture at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) As a coauthor of the book O Rio de Janeiro nas alturas (Rio de Janeiro’s high-rise; Mauad Cardeman has researched the city’s zoning regulations from the arrival of the imperial court of Dom João VI (1767–1826) in 1808 to the present began in central areas as early as the nineteenth century The construction of the city’s tram system in 1859 accelerated this process and expanded it to other areas of what was then Brazil’s capital It was during this period that middle- and upper-income residents started purchasing small plots of land on the North Side multistory development began in the early twentieth century in Copacabana and expanded in the subsequent decades to Ipanema and Leblon consisting primarily of mid-rise buildings on small lots With its first master plan dating back to 1988 and the latest edition enacted in early 2024 Rio is among the 15 Brazilian cities with the highest percentages of residents living in apartments its zoning regulations have maintained strict building-height limits in neighborhoods like Ipanema and Copacabana the limit has been 18 floors,” says Cardeman a project to revitalize the city’s port area in 2011—here “Rio’s master plans have been developed with a view to preserving the landscape and cityscape,” explains Cardeman One of the measures taken in Rio was the creation of Cultural Environment Protection Areas in 1992 This law requires urban clusters representative of the city’s different stages of development to be preserved in their as-developed state in neighborhoods like Catete and Jardim Botânico the maximum height for new buildings is lower than in other areas of the city tend to induce people to interact more with public spaces and enjoy the building-front sidewalks large developments surrounded by walls and guardhouses tend to isolate citizens from everyday life in cities,” concludes Cardeman Project Storm surge and coastal flood warning system for the coast of São Paulo, focusing on the impacts of climate change (no. 18/14601-0); Grant Mechanism Public Policy Research; Principal Investigator Celia Regina de Gouveia Souza (IPA); Investment R$403,406.76 © Revista Pesquisa FAPESP - All rights reserved .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By The Associated 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Intense rains over the state of Santa Catarina in Brazil’s South Region have once again caused floods in several cities flash floods and landslides have hit 96 cities in the region and nearly 1 million people have been affected In 2008, the State of Santa Catarina went through a similar tragedy, as reported by Global Voices certain preventive measures were expected to be taken by the responsible authorities but after three deaths and more than 15,000 relocated to provisional shelters Photo from Twitter's user Isabela Belli (@belinhaah__) has had 80% of its urban area occupied by water from the Itajaí-Mirim and Itajaí-Açu rivers – similarly to the 2008 disaster Internet users utilized online tools to expose the tragedy’s dimension In one video posted on Youtube on September 8 Another netizen registered the catastrophe’s effects in the city of Rio do Sul which still remains completely isolated from other areas: also suffered with the rains; this Internet user recorded the moment in which a truck driver decided to confront the Itajai-Acu river's high water levels City councils in the affected regions have also begun to utilize online tools to help the local population. In Itajai, the blog Desabrigados (Homeless) [pt] was created so that residents could list the name of missing people and the place where they were being sheltered After a decrease in rainfall allowed the start of the recovery operation, several Internet users began to mobilize through the social network Twitter, via the hashtag #chuvaemSC (#raininSC) Despite the widespread sense of solidarity among residents, a certain level of indignation remains among some. This phenomenon was no novelty to Brazilians. In the beginning of 2011, a similar catastrophe hit the mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro In an account published [pt] on Luis Nassif’s blog Sergio Lamarca points to the development of residential and commercial areas in regions where the balance between nature and economical activities are fragile (…) o desafio de daqui para frente em caso de que a cada ano ou dois anos termos uma enchente e ficarmos 15 a 20 dias com a economia da região paralisada considero que medidas proativas devem ser tomadas as universidades e o poder público devem juntar os esforços para dar uma solução para quem vai viver nesta região nos próximos 30 anos ERROR: SECURITY TIMEOUT - Please copy your message to a backup location Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples of how media committed to building community and defending human rights can positively influence how people experience events happening beyond their own communities and national borders Please consider making a donation to help us continue this work Donate now Authors, please log in » Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Stay up to date about Global Voices and our mission. 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For more information please read our Fundraising Ethics Policy Special thanks to our many sponsors and funders Cities around the world vary widely in terms of cost of living which dictated the affordability of living in the cities There are specific indices used to establish the rank of affordability in the world’s cities and according to a report published by Numbeo the city of Hamilton in Bermuda is the most expensive city to live in with a cost of living index of 141.84 The report also outlines ten cities which are the most affordable in the world Granada is the tenth most affordable city in the world and is 44% cheaper than San Diego and 46% cheaper than Los Angeles The average price of a basic lunch in Granada which includes a drink is about $12 while a combo meal in a fast food restaurant costs an average of $8 Tallinn is the largest city in Estonia and is also the nation’s capital city Tallinn is the eighth most affordable city in the world and with the city being 30% cheaper to reside compared to Berlin The average cost of a combo meal in the city’s fast food restaurants is $5.76 while the average price of one pound of a boneless chicken breast is $3.15 The average rent for a furnished 480 square-foot studio apartment in the central neighborhood of Tallinn is $410 Florianopolis is a city situated in Brazil and is the capital of the Santa Catarina State Florianopolis is the second most affordable city in South America with a cost of living index of 50.60 Florianopolis’ cost of the living index makes the city 17% cheaper than the city of Sao Paulo The average price of one pound of apples in Florianopolis is $0.80 while that of one pound of potatoes in the city is $0.46 The average rent for a furnished 480 square-foot studio apartment in the normal neighborhood of Florianopolis is $320 The city is the country’s economic and trade hub and is home to many Ecuadorian industries Quito is the most affordable city in South America and is 47% cheaper compared to Cuban capital The average price of a pound of boneless chicken breast in the city is $2.99 while a combo meal in a fast-food restaurant in the city costs an average of $6 The average monthly rent for a 480 square-foot furnished studio apartment in the normal area of Quito is $350 while the average monthly cost of utilities is $77 for one person Prague is both the biggest city and the capital city of the Czech Republic The city is one of the most affordable cities to live in with a cost of living index of 43.34 which makes Prague 57% cheaper than London and 40% cheaper than Madrid The average price of a monthly ticket for public transport is $23 while the price of a gallon of gas is $5.20 Kuala Lumpur is the biggest city in Malaysia and is the country’s business and financial capital The cost of living index in Malaysia’s capital is 42.85 which put Kuala Lumpur as the most affordable city in Asia and the fifth most affordable city in the world Kuala Lumpur’s cost of living index is 51% lower than that of Dubai The price of a basic lunch in the city (including a drink) averages $4.24 while the price of a loaf of bread in the city averages at $0.73 The cost of a gallon of gas in Kuala Lumpur averages at $2 Lodz is a city located in central Poland which was once the textile hub of the country The small city has a cost of living index of 38.37 making Lodz the most affordable city to reside in Poland and ranks fourth globally The price of basic commodities in Lodz is relatively low with one pound of boneless chicken breast costing $2.48 while a pound of tomatoes costing $0.89 The average monthly rent for a 480 square-foot furnished studio apartment in the ordinary part of Lodz is $307 while that of a studio apartment in an expensive part of the city averaging at $466 Yerevan is the capital city of Armenia and it is also the largest city in the country Numbeo puts the cost of living index of Yerevan at 34.60 making the city the third least expensive city to live The cost of living index of Yerevan is 34% lower than that of Beijing and 43% lower than that of Florence As a testament to the city’s affordability the average monthly rent for a furnished studio apartment in the ordinary part of the city is about $207 while the average cost of monthly utilities used by one person is about $104 Mexico City is the largest city in Mexico and is also the country’s capital city Mexico City is the world’s second most affordable city to live The city’s cost of living is 145% lower than that of London The average price of most commodities is relatively low in the city with the cost of one-month utilities for one person being about $113 while the average monthly rent for a 900 square-foot furnished house in a ordinary area of the city being about $706 The average price of a quarter gallon of gas in Mexico City is about $0.85 Tirana is the most affordable city in the world The city has a cost of living index of 33.47 which is 63.22% lower than that of New York Tirana is the capital city of Albania and is also the country’s largest city The city is the financial and business center of Albania and is an important trade hub of the country The price of valuable commodities is relatively low in Tirana the average cost of one-month utilities for one person is around $45 while the average monthly rent for a 480-square-foot furnished studio apartment in a ordinary area of the city is $193 photos and original descriptions © 2025 worldatlas.com After an incident of alleged police misconduct Jersey City Council has approved a one-year pilot program to test the effectiveness of cellphone-based body cameras on law enforcement personnel In a 4-2 vote, the council passed a resolution Wednesday that will equip 250 officers with a monitoring app called CopCast The software comes from the Igarapé Institute an advocacy group for digital law enforcement tools that first began testing the software with police in Rio de Janeiro The city hopes to use the software as an alternative to purchasing dedicated body cameras which can cost departments around $1,000 per unit The pilot is a response to an incident on June 4 in which cell phone footage from witnesses captured police officers kicking a man after a police chase. Officers initially believed the man had been involved in the chase and it turned out he had only been a victim that was hurt when the evading vehicle crashed and burst into flames, according to NJ.com Attorney’s Office pursue an investigation into the assault locals demand increased police accountability.  Jersey City is hoping that the new app can be a tool for accountability officers simply need to download it from the Google Play store and attach their Android phones to their chests The app can record GPS locations and even allows supervisors to watch live feeds remotely it will be collaborating with researchers at the University of Chicago and the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro to analyze data and feedback from Jersey City and military police in Santa Catarina what is notable about the app is that it makes the system more affordable by allowing the use of existing smartphones and is based on open source code that allows the app to be freely used adopted by any police station Yet a potential downside noted by civil rights activists is that officers can easily turn the app on or off as they please a senior staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey expressed his doubts in an NJ.com interview “If officers have carte blanche to turn the cameras on or off it almost certainly will not provide the accountability we’ve been promised,” Shalom said But because the city is requiring officers to use the app for all police interactions The department requires video to accompany every documented incident and missing video could indicate possible tampering by officers National research shows that even if police aren’t wearing body cameras all of the time, police behavior still improves. A 2014-2015 study by Cambridge University found that police complaints dropped drastically after body cameras were introduced The analysis reviewed complaint statistics from more than 1,800 officers in seven U.S police departments and discovered that complaints dropped from 1,539 to 113 just one year after a body camera program began “It may be that by repeated exposure to the surveillance of the cameras, officers changed their reactive behavior on the streets, changes that proved more effective and so stuck,” reported Alex Sutherland, the study’s co-author, in a press release. “With a complaints reduction of nearly 100 percent across the board we find it difficult to consider alternatives Atos aconteceram em dezenas de cidades neste 7 de setembro - Lucas Martins Thousands of people took to the streets in cities of all Brazilian regions this Thursday to be part of the 29th Cry of the Excluded the manifestation held on Brazil’s Independence Day echoed the voices of marginalized people and organizations With the motto “What are you hungry and thirsty for?” people advocated for other agendas and fought for causes that affect the population.  during the first Cry edition after the Bolsonaro government attendees demanded the former president’s imprisonment He is under investigation for alleged crimes See below photos and reports about some of the acts representatives of people’s movements religious entities and trade unions gathered to attend the Cry of the Excluded march in Belém Hundreds of people took to the streets of the city demanding justice for Bruno Pereira Father Josimo and other leaders victimized by violence targeting human rights defenders in the Amazon region.  Protesters march on the streets of Itajá Valley / Coletivo de Comunicação do MST em Santa Catarina representatives of people’s movements took to the streets of the central region to a call for joining workers Families that are part of the Landless Workers’ Movement (MST in Portuguese) and its supporters carried food produced in the region’s settlements to show people the results of their work.  religious groups and trade unions joined to attend the Cry of the Excluded in Curitiba The group marched from Santo Dias Training Center in the marginalized community of Vila Torres to Casa de Passagem Indígena (Capai The act also distributed lunch to over 500 people by Marmitas da Terra and the MST.  A protest born from society’s roots and people’s fight for rights The Cry of the Excluded in Fortaleza gathered thousands of people and many entities to unite the rural areas and the marginalized urban areas denouncing the many kinds of exclusion in one of the biggest cities of Brazil.  the Cry of the Excluded had the fundamental support of the Catholic Church which has changed since Archbishop João Justino arrived Participants joined the Paulo Freire Occupation to defend the rights of marginalized people.  People’s organizations from rural and urban areas joined to attend the Cry of the Excluded in the city of Maceió The attendees marched on the same streets where the Independence Day Parade marched Leaders were welcomed by Maceió's vice-governor Ronaldo Lessa who is heading the executive power in the absence of governor Paulo Dantas Presidente Prudente (São Paulo state) In a city strongly related to agribusiness the Cry of the Excluded joined forces with the attendees of the Agrarian Reform Fair religious organizations and other leaders talked to people about the challenges faced in the city The fight against violence set the tone for the Cry of the Excluded in the city of Rio de Janeiro Mothers and other relatives of victims of the State carried posters and messages demanding justice Also on the agenda is the fight for housing São Leopoldo (Rio Grande do Sul state) The Cry of the Excluded in the city of São Leopoldo At least 39 people died due to the recent heavy rains in Rio Grande do Sul state The manifestation was held indoors due to climate circumstances A community kitchen was set up in the town of Encantado to distribute food to families affected by the floods.  São Mateus (Espírito Santo state) Students from the Zumbi dos Palmares Settlement Local School run by the Landless Workers’ Movement were part of the Cry of the Excluded in São Mateus Over 140 students engaged in pedagogical activities throughout the week they shared their thoughts on the issue during the march.  São Paulo (São Paulo state)  Thousands of people took to the streets in the country's largest city on September 7 to defend social rights and the arrest of former president Jair Bolsonaro but the Military Police were sent to protect the Monument to the Flags the descendants of Europeans who traveled the country in search of gold and enslaved people during the colonial period Farmers from the Landless Workers’ Movement in northern Bahia state marched in Senhor do Bomfim together with representatives of other movements All original content produced and editorially 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students were welcomed to the city by the mayor and the secretary of Agricultural Development government representatives present some of the city hall's policies and practices to support the sector students explored the city by visiting local establishments such as Attilio Fontana Memorial and Fritz Plaumann Park which plays an important role in the city's environmental preservation.  and also had the opportunity to visit Sede Brum a small community in the interior of Concordia The students were welcomed by the residents with a typical Italian lunch and music.  The program was intense and allowed students to learn about a production chain of great economic relevance they were also able to experience another one the teachers hope that the students of the seventh semester subject will be able to make connections with the other subjects already studied in order to consolidate existing skills and develop new ones. Eduardo Fontana de Gasperin a Business Administration student from Santa 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See our ethics policy Ivan Vásquez hopped on a recycled bike made from a refurbished frame and scraps and headed off to ride 118 miles along treacherous high-altitude mountain roads from Oaxaca City to Iglesia de Santa Catarina Juquila a black “Venice” hoodie his aunt had sent him from LA Vásquez made the exhausting trip — which takes a full 24 hours — as part of a grueling ritual pilgrimage that ends at the feet of the Vírgen de Juquila The petite wooden figurine of the Virgin Mary was given to a local Indigenous man in the 16th century by Fray Jordán de Santa Catalina and became an even greater object of devotion after surviving a fire in 1633 that decimated the church but left the statue intact — with a new morena complexion that resembled the native Chatinos and other Indigenous groups Each year in the days leading up to the Virgin of Juquila’s Day worn Federal Highway 131 that rises and falls with the contours of the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains accommodates thousands of Zapotecos and Maya groups from Guatemala and Chiapas as well as other Indigenous people from the region they make the trek for all sorts of reasons — to pray for a loved one or to make a vow of self-change Vásquez made the journey with the hope of helping his father overcome his alcohol dependency and to somehow come up with the money to make the payments on their family home The trip was undoubtedly hard — at one point Vásquez’s cousin found him stalled on the road leg muscles burning and cramped — but it was also riddled with pit stops that served a vast array of fortifying Oaxacan delicacies Vásquez remembers stopping roadside for memelas brushed with salty lard and topped with black bean puree and cheese helped along by the nourishment of good food he successfully completed the journey that year and repeated it twice more before ultimately leaving Oaxaca for the States at the age of 16 Vásquez now owns a mini-chain of acclaimed Oaxacan restaurants in Los Angeles known as Madre and cramps were preparing me to leave Oaxaca,” he says “It gave me the courage to come to the U.S Today, in addition to serving as the challenging path for thousands of religious pilgrims each year, the 131 Highway is one of two main roads from Oaxaca City to the Oaxacan coast and its beautiful beach towns of Puerto Escondido and Huatulco Those who choose to drive the six-plus hours to the beach and back pass through the same small villages and roadside food stands that Vásquez and his fellow journeymen stopped at during their trips the long-awaited Oaxaca-Barranca Larga-Ventanilla superhighway is slated to open nausea-inducing 131 and 175 highways and turning the trip to the coast into a short two-and-a-half-hour drive shortcuts in Oaxaca are ill-advised; what one saves in time Should you then choose to embark on your own pilgrimage down the 131 an itinerary of mouthwatering dishes awaits — as well as welcoming villages full of talented local cooks ready to cure your road weariness Vásquez shares his favorite stops and dishes found along the way wistful memories formed during childhood treks Note: You can complete this itinerary in as few as two days or up to a week depending on how long you want to stay on the coast or in any of the scenic villages Also note that while the mileage may look low Pancita de res with all the fixings at the cliffside Comedor “el rincon del sabor.” Eat this: Antojitos at Empanadas y Memelas Irlanda After you leave Oaxaca International Airport your first taste of Oaxaca is just 20 minutes down the highway at the Mercado Gastronómico in the small town of Villa de Zaachila — specifically the antojitos at Empanadas y Memelas Irlanda empanadas de verde are filled with a pungent green mole that’s tart and minty from a mixture of green tomatoes Irlanda’s giant memelas — big enough to share — come coated with porky asientos (unrefined lard) but add an upgrade in the form of a huevo de comal: a fried egg cooked hard over a wood fire on a clay comal Eat this: Pollos Asados a la Cubana Lencho Verano Just a little farther down the highway at Ñatipaa, a rare taste of the Cuenca del Papaloapan region can be found at Pollos Asados a la Cubana Lencho Verano wood-fired roasted chicken and whole suckling pig make for an exciting break from the mostly Valles Centrales cuisine you’ll be eating the rest of the way The crispy birds and pigs are marinated in Cuban mojo de ajo a recipe adopted by Oaxacans in Papaloapan from Cuban immigrants “Arriving in Sola de Vega in the morning was a great feeling of accomplishment of completing the first leg of the ride,” remembers Vásquez of his first trek. “Then I had a café de olla, frijoles de la olla, surrounded by the beauty of the Sierra Madre Sur.” After your first ascent up the lush, green mountains, it’s time for a café de olla at Comedor Juquilita a humble blue-painted restaurant obscured by a large tree with leaves that stretch over the restaurant’s quartet of parking spaces There are also fortifying bowls of pollo enchilado — browned chicken legs and stock in a salsa of pure chile guajillo garnished with epazote — and caldo de pollo (chicken soup) bulked up with Mexican rice with a side of black beans with tortillas blanditas Drink this: Mezcal de marihuana at the roadside market sample a flight of mezcals at the small stand on the market’s right Among the many unlabeled bottles are mezcal infusions like gusano (grubs) and showstopping glass carboys loaded with pounds of mountain marihuana floating in espadin mezcal but don’t expect much in the way of mind-altering effects it’s not a bad bet to grab some chips and Maruchan to go Eat this: Sopa caldosa and café de olla at Comedor Emi Comedor Emy and Comedor Beather are just past the intersection of the roads to Juquila and Puerto Escondido “Here is where we’d always stop for one last café de olla before arriving in Juquila and this is also the first time you feel the cooler climate of La Costa,” says Vásquez A jolt of cinnamon-spiked café de olla is best enjoyed with sopa caldosa the next-level fideo soup from the Valles Centrales made with an anise- and eucalyptus-scented chicken stock with hierba santa leaves and served with cilantro and a dash of hospitality to sustain the descent into Puerto Escondido Eat this: Check out the city’s essential destinations here Once you settle into your lodging for the night it’s time to explore the trendy scene on the beaches of Puerto Escondido — to sip tropical cocktails enjoy the local seafood at popular restaurants and dance to electronic music with your feet in the sand Eat this: Piña rellena at Ay Caray and pancita de res and agua fresca de guanabana at the unnamed morning stand unnamed morning stand encircled by a parade of colorful aguas frescas and a pair of anafres asadores (stainless steel charcoal grills) where women cook memelas and goat barbacoa tacos There is also a large bubbling pot of inky pancita de res (menudo) stained a dark red by chile cascabel Finish with a refreshing cup of agua fresca de guanabana Save room for a second breakfast in the mountains Eat this: Oaxacan breakfast at Comedor “el rincon del sabor” Just an hour or so drive up the mountain overlooking a cliff is a quiet wood-framed hut lined with aluminum siding that offers perhaps the best breakfast on planet earth: a plate of warm “Memories of special places like this are why I’ll still be using the old highway,” says Vásquez echoing the sentiments of many who worry what might be lost with the new road Peer through the open window at hazy mountains and the forest obscured by morning fog as winding plumes of steam waft from your plate Indigenous communities throughout Oaxaca cook a similar breakfast of black beans with epazote with dry cooked eggs that soak up the bean liquid and a side of tasajo of course — shaped from masa made with landrace corn — and stone-ground salsas of foraged fresh chiles and dried ones from the local market If there’s one meal that’s worth the extra miles The early morning sun shines on the simple breakfast offerings at Comedor “el rincon del sabor.” Eat this: Los hongos sagrados in San José del Pacífico if you so wish; mole coloradito at Comedor Familiar Legend has it that the Beatles’ George Harrison and John Lennon came to this sacred land of magic mushrooms in 1969 to expand their minds in ritual ceremony under the guidance of the high priestess of psilocybin mushrooms The city has since become a favorite of spiritual seekers but its status as a drug tourism hot spot has its drawbacks — namely the overharvesting of the mushrooms and a lack of infrastructure for dealing with inexperienced trippers there are plenty of nonhallucinogenic things worth eating here “because of the altitude and cold weather in San José del Pacifico but also because the people eating those mushrooms really were in the clouds.” a cozy restaurant at the entrance to the adjacent town of San Mateo Rio Hondo home to many of Oaxaca’s most revered maestro mezcaleros and wild agaves STOP 4: San Guillermo, Municipality of Mihuatlán de Porfirio Dīaz (35 MILES before Oaxaca City)Drink this: Mezcal at Palenque de Francisco Garcia Léon (Cuishe) “The terroir in Mihuatlán has been an essential stop for me in learning about mezcal and represents the historical taste of Oaxaca,” says Vásquez “It’s the town of great mezcaleros: Francisco García While the Cuishe property is now more inviting for new customers the rugged copper stills — and García himself — keep this heritage brand true to tradition but I imagine now he’ll have to get used to it,” says Vásquez Buy a few bottles to take back to your hotel in Oaxaca City — it’s the ideal cap off to all the flavors Bill Esparza is a James Beard Award-winning writer and author of LA Mexicano, covering Latino food and culture. Juan de Dios Garza Vela is a photographer specializing in food and travel When he isn’t doing photo work he also does illustration work and murals The freshest news from the food world every day Hungry flood survivors looted supermarkets on Wednesday and emergency crews tried to get aid to nearly 80,000 people driven from their homes as rain-spawned mud slides and overflowing rivers killed at least 97 people and isolated cities in southern Brazil 20 people were arrested for ransacking a supermarket in the hard-hit city of Itajai where many streets were still submerged following torrential weekend rains state police inspector Carlos Quilante said in a statement Nearly 100,000 people remained cut off by flooding in eight cities in Santa Catarina state civil defense officials said in a statement Helicopters — some provided by the government others donated by businesses — rescued 1,100 people “The cities in the south still cannot be reached it’s going to take some time,” Army Lieutenant Colonel Jose Henrique Ruffo told Globo TV The weekend downpours dumped as much water on the area as it usually receives in months The water shortage was so extreme that civil defense officials advised people to drink swimming pool water after boiling it for 10 minutes State Governor Luiz Henrique da Silveira flew with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva over areas devastated by floodwaters and said Lula was “shocked when he saw the Dantesque spectacle below him.” “This is the worst environmental calamity we have ever faced,” Lula told reporters afterwards Civil defense officials said mud slides and floods killed at least 97 people down from the 99 reported earlier after two could not be confirmed Itajai civil defense worker Gilvan Muniz told the Agencia Estado news service that residents of the flooded riverside city were seeing much of the damage for the first time as floodwater receded on Wednesday “We endured two moments of horror: when we saw the water rise and then when it receded and we saw the destruction,” he said New reports emerged of looting and price gouging as food and supplies ran short in isolated towns Wal-Mart Stores Inc said in a statement that two of its nine stores in Santa Catarina state were closed because of the floods and one was ransacked on Tuesday troops and police were trying to deliver aid and about 3 tonnes of medicine water and other supplies already were distributed The worst-hit city was the town of Ilhota along the banks of the Itajai River where 29 people died after waters rose 9m above normal Soldiers there were trying to reach 200 people cut off since Saturday Twenty people died in nearby Blumenau because of mud slides and half of the population in the renowned tourist destination of nearly 300,000 had no electricity Officials said it still could take days to reopen many of the region’s slide-blocked highways Silva authorized nearly US$870 million in emergency relief because of the disaster with nearly half of it destined to repair roads repair damaged ports and provide public health assistance but shortages prompted some hungry people to loot stores of spoiled food after they could find nothing else Itajai civil defense director Gilvan Muniz told the Web site of the O Estado de S “It’s very sad to see people looting food so they don’t die of hunger,” he said While some locations experience many hours of sunshine yearly others experience minimal average hours of sunshine Sunshine duration is a commonly used climatological indicator Sunlight duration is expressed as an averaged value of sunlight hours over several years and is used as an indicator of the general cloudiness of a place Faroe Islands is the cloudiest city in the world based on sunlight duration Tórshavn is the biggest town and the capital of Faroe Islands. The town lies on the southern part of the east coast of Streymoy, the largest island Húsareyn (1,138 ft) on the northwest and Mt Tórshavn ranks among the cloudiest places on the planet It records an average of only 2.4 hours of sunshine per day and 840 hours per year The city experiences mild winter temperatures due to the cloudy weather and ice-free water that surrounds it It has mean summer highs of 12°C and average winter highs of around 6°C Winter temperatures rarely fall below freezing Tórshavn experiences the highest monthly precipitation during fall and winter Formerly referred to as Chungking, Chongqing is a popular city that lies in southwest China. It is among the four directly controlled municipalities in China alongside Shanghai, Tianjin, and Beinjing. Unlike the other municipalities, Chongqing is located far from the coast. It is one of the most populous cities in China It experiences very wet climate conditions for the most part of the year It only receives 1,054 hours of sunshine per year The city receives the least sunshine in December and January at 8% São Joaquim lies in Santa Catarina, southern Brazil The city lies at an altitude of 1,360 meters (4,460 ft) the city experiences a subtropical highland climate It experiences cool summers and low temperatures during winter the city recorded the lowest temperature of -10°C The city experiences few yearly hours of sunshine averaging to 1,055 sunshine hours per year The hottest month is January with an average temperature of 17°C while the coldest month is July with an average temperature of 9°C Frost occurs especially in the months of winter Snow may also occur especially on cold rainy days Dikson is a city located on the Arctic Ocean coast of Russia. The city lies at the mouth of the Yenisei Gulf and serves as a port. It is the northernmost port in Russia the port at times experiences total darkness with no twilight This mainly happens between December and early January the city experiences 1,164 hours of sunshine per year The port is among the most isolated settlements in the world Dikson also goes by the name 'Capital of the Arctic' due to its location in the far north The port experiences severe Arctic Tundra climate August is the warmest month in Dikson but even then Formerly referred to as Santa Isabel, Malabo is the capital of Equatorial Guinea. The city lies on the north coast of Bioko Island, formerly referred to as Bubis. It is the oldest city in Equatorial Guinea with many buildings constructed in colonial style It has a long cloudy and wet season lasting from March to November The city experiences an annual rainfall of 1,800 mm The sunny dry season is short often lasting from December to February Malabo has limited hours of sunshine and only experiences 1,176 hours of sunshine per year Even in the driest months when it is not rainy Malabo still experiences intense fog and haze It rates among the cloudiest and wettest capitals of the world It thus has limited sunshine hours averaging to 1,230 hours per year Located in southwestern Iceland, Reykjavik is the largest city and the capital of Iceland It is located on the southern shore of Faxa Bay It experiences 1,236 average sunshine hours per year Reykjavik rates among the coldest and cloudiest capitals in the world Ushuaia is one of the world's southernmost cities The city experiences a mild Tundra climate with mild winters and summers The city experiences numerous misty and foggy days It also experiences 146 days of rainfall per year The average sunshine hours per year in Ushuaia are 1,281 Taipei serves as the special municipality and capital of Taiwan The city experiences a monsoon humid subtropical climate Taipei is affected by the Pacific typhoon season between the months of June and October The city receives 1,405 average sunshine hours per year Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland. Similar to other areas in Scotland Edinburgh experiences a temperate maritime climate It has few hours of average yearly sunshine The town experiences moderate summer and winter climates Due to its location between the coast and the hills Sunshine is a rare occurrence in some parts of the world It all depends on the location and the prevalent climatic conditions By understanding the sunshine climatological data especially regarding travel and investments Other cities with limited sunshine include Dublin in Ireland Nossos serviços estão apresentando instabilidade no momento Algumas informações podem não estar disponíveis The IBGE will carry out the first online collection test for the 2020 Population Census starting next Monday (21) The test will take place in 52 municipalities of the country including part of the households of all capitals and cities with more than 500 thousand inhabitants only as an alternative to face-to-face interview on occasions when it was not possible “The main objective of the test is to estimate what we will achieve with self-completion compared to what we would achieve with face-to-face interviews We will do this for a few municipalities: self-fulfillment first And then we will compare the results," explained the technical coordinator of the 2020 Population Census Among the other objectives of the test is the experimentation of different forms of dissemination of the collection in the cities as well as evaluating the efficiency of e-tickets delivery (codes of access to the questionnaires) through the Post Office  "It's a very big change in terms of approach so we ended up including other issues in this test," added Luciano Although the questionnaire is identical in all locations the test will not run equally in all areas divided according to their demographic characteristics The form of disclosure and access to the questionnaires (e-ticket via Post Office survey agent or granted access) will be different in each of the groups Group A: about 10 thousand households spread across 49 municipalities (capitals and other municipalities with more than 500,000 inhabitants) Group B: approximately 3,000 households in three municipalities (9,000 as a whole): Rio Branco (AC) Juiz de Fora (MG) and Goiânia (GO) (They are also part of A.) Group C: all the households of Curitibanos (SC) In the areas where the e-tickets (groups A and B) will be used code delivery is already being made since last Monday (14) and goes on until the 27th Residents of the municipalities in group C are being advised to access the test via IBGE portal will only be available for access next Monday (21) The large-scale introduction of Internet collection is a possibility for the 2020 Census and this is the first assessment of the project viability Among the concerns are the quality of the data collected in this new format as well as the technical and logistical issues involved in the novelty "The test is very important for the methodological change that is being implemented in the information collection But as we will now do something a little more expressive this will give us the chance to get ready for 2020," said Luciano The Internet as a form of collection for demographic research has grown in countries around the world and is a topic that has been widely discussed for the 2020 Census but the decision is always left aside because we want to wait for the test results which will give us minimal parameters to know what we can do they made 5% to 7% of the collection with the Internet the figure reached 20%," claimed the technical coordinator of the Census "What we hope for is that with these results we can think of strategic scenarios for the 2020 Census collection," concluded Luciano © 2018 IBGE - Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística Nós utilizamos cookies para melhorar sua experiência de navegação no portal. Para saber mais sobre como tratamos os dados pessoais, consulte nossa Política de Privacidade. “We want to replicate what was happening in Mexico City in the ’40s – the nightlife and the parties,” co-owner Liber Osorio tells Broadsheet “Kahlo’s house was full of important and interesting people not just from Mexico but from all over the world.” opulent and bohemian: think dark-wood panelling It does feel a bit like you’ve stepped back in time to the ’40s – especially after the mezcal has been poured and the jazz starts up travel spots and more – curated by those who know “In Mexico City you don’t see only traditional Mexican food you see food from all over the world,” Osorio says “We have taken dishes from other countries and made them in a Mexican way It’s all about finding the balance between tradition and energy.” or a plate of Sydney rock oysters with a hibiscus mignonette Mussel tostadas come with a house-made duck chorizo and flautas (a crispy taco popular in Mexico City) are filled with potato and queso fresco (cheese) including swordfish and ox tongue with salsa verde On the heftier side there’s lamb albondigas velvety sauce) and Yamba prawns with guajillo chilli But further down the list are other cocktails Order one then look up the painting on your phone You’ll see a correlation in the colours or design Mezcal is at the heart of all the Milpa venues and at Londres 126 the focus is on artisanal with many that can’t be found anywhere else in the country There’s even a locker where you can keep your bottle stashed for future visits “You can come here for dinner and open a beautiful bottle of wine,” Osorio says “But then you can stay and party and have Margaritas until 2am.” Charcoal Chicken and Rosewater Desserts: A Local’s Guide to Merrylands Where Chefs Eat: Peter Gilmore Really Knows Crows Nest Ex-Tradies Grill Hard-to-Find Mexican Street Snacks First Look: Berta’s Deli Knows “Everyone Loves a Sandwich”