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Rio 2016: Olympic Myths, Hard Realities [BOOK REVIEW]

By Adam Talbot • January 4, 2018

Clique aqui para Português Andrew Zimbalist’s edited collection titled Rio 2016: Olympic Myths, Hard Realities is a masterful review of Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic Games and their impact across the city. As regular readers of this […]

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Five Ways Favela Activists Use Facebook as a Tool to Resist Eviction

By Lucas Smolcic Larson • December 19, 2017

Clique aqui para Português In Brazil, 52.5% of the population has a Facebook profile, making it the third highest user base in the world. And favelas are at the heart of the country’s social media craze. 59% […]

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Recently Certified Quilombo Camorim Celebrates & Remembers Brazil’s Resistance to Slavery

By Tânia de Oliveira • Translation by Arman Kazemi • December 8, 2017

Clique aqui para Português Concluding Black Awareness week on November 26, the Cultural Association of the Camorim Quilombo (ACUCA) hosted its sixteenth traditional feijoada in honor of Afro-Brazil’s greatest resistance leaders Dandara and Zumbi dos […]

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The Results Are In: Costly Mega-Event Transport Projects Did Not Expand Mobility, Address Inequalities

By Cerianne Robertson • November 9, 2017

Clique aqui para Português “The city’s decision to bid to host the 2016 Games was made based on a long-term vision: to grasp the opportunity that a successful bid would offer to transform Rio into […]

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Screening of ‘State of Exception’ Evictions Documentary Sparks Debate

By Lucas Smolcic Larson • October 12, 2017

Clique aqui para Português On Sunday, October 8, 2017, the annual Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival hosted a screening of Canadian filmmaker Jason O’Hara‘s recently released documentary State of Exception at the Rio Museum of Modern Art’s […]

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