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Impeachment: They’re Stealing the Little We Achieved [OPINION]

By Cléber Araujo • Translation by Sarah Jacobs • April 27, 2016

Clique aqui para Português This article by Cleber Araújo Santos is one of a series of five opinion pieces on the impeachment by community reporters published this week on RioOnWatch. Cleber Araújo Santos, 40, was born in Monte Pascoal, […]

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A Close Look at the International Awards and Recognition of the Olympic City

By Cerianne Robertson • April 27, 2016

Clique aqui para Português The Rio that bid for the 2016 Olympics and then reveled in its 2009 campaign victory was not shy of dreaming big. Among other commitments, the city planned to transform city-wide […]

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Impeachment Vote Reveals Five Things You Didn’t Know About Brazil’s Congress

By Renata Mendonça • Translation by Cara D’Rosario • April 24, 2016

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Renata Mendonça in Portuguese published by BBC Brasil click here. Sunday April 17’s voting process in Brazil’s Congress for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff had all Brazilians’ […]

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Threat of Landslides and Collapsing Houses in Pica-Pau Ignored by Authorities

By Sabrina Norris • April 24, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Carina dos Santos Domingos lives with her daughter and two-year-old granddaughter on one of Pica-Pau’s main roads. Their humble home was built on the top of a small hill right by the road. […]

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“To the Police, Favela Residents Are Trash” says Maré Resident

By Eliane Trindade • Translation by Cara D’Rosario • April 23, 2016

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Eliane Trindade in Portuguese published by Folha de São Paulo click here. “The police are not synonymous with peace here,” observes Marinalva Florência dos Santos, 54, resident of Complexo […]

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