Clique aqui para Português One week ago, on May 26, approximately 2,000 people participated in the “Stop Killing Us!” protest in front of Post 8 at Ipanema’s beachfront, in Rio de Janeiro’s South Zone. Community-based […]
Clique aqui para Português In Rio de Janeiro On March 14 in Rio de Janeiro, the day began with flowers, flags, and banners commemorating Marielle Franco at different locations across the city during “Dawn for […]
Clique aqui para Português Violence against women is a systemic issue in Rio and across Brazil, a country with the 5th highest femicide rate in the world. Four women have been killed every day so far […]
Clique aqui para Português Horror or revelry? There is a bit of both in the history of the emergence of carnival clowns known as bate-bolas (“ball-hitters”). At once scary and performative, historians date their origins to the […]
Clique aqui para Português Saturday, February 9 was a day of celebration and struggle for Vila Autódromo, the community that vehemently resisted pre-Olympic evictions next to the 2016 Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro. The cultural occupation […]