Clique aqui para Português Vila Autódromo evictee, Heloisa Helena Costa Berto, shared the letter she wrote documenting her painful ordeal with the City of Rio, with RioOnWatch. Here it is published in its entirety. Following is an urgent […]
Last Thursday, August 24, a rally organized by the United Movement of Street Vendors (MUCA) was held in the center of Rio to protest against systematic State violence against street vendors. The rally comes barely […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original in Portuguese published in Folha de São Paulo, click here. Rio’s favela residents share their views of the 2016 Olympics and of the pacification process of the Pacifying Police Units (UPPs). […]
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. One year from […]
Clique aqui para Português Rio de Janeiro is currently in a special spotlight as athletes, fans, nations and the global media reflect on the one year remaining to the 2016 Olympic Games, set to end exactly […]