Clique aqui para Português On Monday August 22, 24-year old Rafaela Silva returned home to City of God with Brazil’s first gold medal from the 2016 Olympic Games in hand. Her return visit and parade through the City of […]
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. […]
Clique aqui para Português For women around the world, International Women’s Day is a day for celebration. This year, Vila Autódromo‘s Maria da Penha, recognized in the morning here on RioOnWatch, had planned to spend the day celebrating. […]
Clique aqui para Português The short film Here is My Place begins with a common refrain: there are two Rio de Janeiros. There’s the Rio of “beaches, samba, Carnival and beautiful women,” and the “less glamorous” […]
Clique aqui para Português The Popular Committee on the World Cup and Olympics has released a video responding to Mayor Eduardo Paes‘ claim that their dossiers are prone to “exaggerated dramatization” and are “fraudulent.” Paes’ comments […]