Tag: Rio de Janeiro

  • Blessed are the pacified? Reflections on Rio de Janeiro.

    Blessed are the pacified? Reflections on Rio de Janeiro.

    Babilônia, where I am staying in Rio de Janeiro, boasts enviable views of the Atlantic and Copacabana. Though half of the paint has been scraped off the mural, enough of the words remain to make out the slogan underneath the police patrol post next door to me: “Bienaventurados os pacificadores, porque serão chamados filhos de…