The original Portuguese version of this article was published in Revista OCAS, a print publication supporting Rio’s homeless population by the Civil Organization for Social Action (OCAS). In 2015, the Rio de Janeiro Municipal Development […]
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. The international media […]
Clique aqui para Português The entire world has spent the last two weeks gripped by incredible feats of sporting achievement and superhuman athletic prowess, all occurring right here in Rio de Janeiro. The plethora of […]
Clique aqui para Português Last Saturday, August 13, Vila Autódromo hosted the Vila Autódromo Ocupa Olimpíada (Vila Autódromo Occupies the Olympics) event “to reaffirm its territory, its existence, its resistance and its re-existence.” More than 100 residents and […]
Clique aqui para Português Housing rights groups had hoped that the arrival of the Olympic Games would bring an end to the painful and extraordinary period of forced evictions Rio has experienced since the city was selected […]