PERCHED on a hill beside the concrete skyscrapers of Rio's central business district stands the city's oldest favela whose rising — and now declining — fortunes mirror those of Brazil itself.
First established by landless veterans fresh from putting (...)
Sitting beside a decaying Soviet-built housing complex on the outskirts of Havana, the Rotondo de Cojima farm grows several thousand kilos a month of carrots, lettuce and root vegetables, part of Cuba's drive to feed its people through organic (...)
