Clique aqui para Português On Saturday July 16 activists and residents of Complexo do Alemão in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone participated in a peaceful demonstration to denounce violence—which has escalated in recent months in […]
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. With less than […]
Clique aqui para Português Apartment blocks that will house journalists during the 2016 Olympic Games were built using “labor in conditions analogous to slavery,” and were erected on a slave burial ground on land claimed by […]
Clique aqui para Português Following books on how the Olympics advance the interests of corporate capitalism and how grassroots activists resisted this trend in Vancouver and London, Olympic researcher Jules Boykoff’s third book, Power Games: A […]
Clique aqui para Português A series of anti-Olympics protests have been held and are being organized in Rio de Janeiro as the Games approach. On Tuesday night, July 5, hundreds of Brazilians gathered in front of […]