Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Michel Silva published in Favela em Pauta click here. This is the first article in what will be a spotlighted issue on RioOnWatch for the foreseeable […]
Clique aqui para Português Rio de Janeiro housing rights activists have come together this February and March in a cycle of conferences to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Land and Housing Nucleus (NUTH), of […]
Clique aqui para Português On the day that marks the two-year anniversary of the brutal assassination of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco, born and raised in the favelas of Maré, RioOnWatch pays homage to […]
Clique aqui para Português The Lagoa-Barra Expressway separates the favela of Rocinha, located in Rio de Janeiro’s South Zone, from the adjacent, wealthy neighborhood of São Conrado. The noisy two-lane motorway begins in the Miami-like […]
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 […]