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City of God and Rafaela Silva’s Victory: Give Us More Gold and Less Lead

By Juliana Portella • Translation by Lucy McMahon • August 10, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Brazil’s first Olympic gold medal was won by Rafaela Silva, a judo player from City of God. Despite all the obstacles associated with being a black woman from a favela, she […]

Woman placed sign in front of police cavalry
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Rio Residents Protest Olympics Impacts at “Exclusion Games” Demonstration [VIDEO | IMAGES]

By Ciara Long, Natalie Southwick • August 9, 2016

Clique aqui para Português On Friday, August 5, several hundred protesters gathered in the Saens Peña square in Tijuca just hours before the Olympics opening ceremony was due to take place in nearby Maracanã stadium. […]

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Olympic Opening Ceremony Spectacle Draws Criticism from Favelas on Social Media

By David Robertson • August 8, 2016

Clique aqui para Português The world watched on Friday as the Rio 2016 Olympics‘ opening ceremony took place in Maracanã stadium. Incredible fireworks, colorful costumes and smooth Bossa Nova filled the air. It was, in many people’s […]

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‘Circus Maximus’ Debunks the Myth of an Economic Legacy from the Games [BOOK REVIEW]

By Cerianne Robertson, Laura Bachmann • August 7, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics, organizers and city officials touted the Games’ potential positive economic impacts. These Olympics were promised to: Have a gross economic impact on the Brazilian economy […]

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From Barcelona 1992 to Rio 2016: A Tale of Two Olympic Cities

By Marta Ill-Raga • August 5, 2016

Clique aqui para Português In September 2015 the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, wrote an opinion piece in Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo proudly proclaiming that the Rio Olympics would leave the most […]

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