Clique aqui para Português This is the latest contribution to our media watchdog series on the Best and Worst International Reporting on Rio’s favelas, part of RioOnWatch’s ongoing conversation on the media narrative and media portrayal surrounding favelas. 2015 draws to […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original in Portuguese published on EBC click here. Brazil has strong housing rights legislation. Why, then, is it not applied? Brazil has the necessary laws to relieve problems with housing and land regulation. However, […]
Clique aqui para Português “The only reason it’s not a best-seller is because it’s not for sale.” A day in advance of the official launch on Tuesday, December 8, the Facebook page of Rio de […]
Clique aqui para Português Last Thursday, November 19, Columbia University’s Studio-X Rio hosted Quilombo of the Present / Quilombo of the Future, an event exploring the significance of quilombos today. Held on the eve of Brazil’s […]
Clique aqui para Português Today, November 20, is Brazil’s Black Awareness Day, a day to celebrate Black Brazilian history and resistance to oppression. While May 13 marks the adoption of the ‘Golden Law‘ that abolished slavery in 1888 with the […]