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. After a seven-year […]
Clique aqui para Português “The house was knocked down, Maria da Penha was not.” It was with this phrase, repeated numerous times in a video projected on the wall of the Urban Studies House, that a […]
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 […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Douglas Felliphe published in Voz das Comunidades click here. RioOnWatch Editor’s note: In June 2016 the State of Rio de Janeiro officially declared a […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Paula Bianchi in Portuguese published by UOL Notícias, click here. Nearly ten years since its creation, the Pacifying Police Units (UPP) project is almost on its knees. With 38 […]