Clique aqui para Português This is the fifth article in what will be a spotlighted issue on RioOnWatch for the foreseeable future: the new coronavirus as it impacts Rio de Janeiro’s favelas. We recommend also […]
Clique aqui para Português This year, the March rains ended the Brazilian summer in an unusual way. In the first days of March, strong rains devastated a considerable part of Greater Rio. The Baixada Fluminense […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the ninth article in a year-long partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University to produce a series of monthly favela-sourced human rights and environmental […]
Clique aqui para Português What can academic production from a region like Greater Rio de Janeiro’s Baixada Fluminense tell us about the region itself? What concerns are born among young Baixada researchers and what do […]
As political appointees rush to explain themselves, worries of privatization linger among community activists. January 3, under a smashing summer sun, with temperatures exceeding 35°C (95°F), residents of the Baixada Fluminense, as well as the […]