Clique aqui para Português Rio de Janeiro made global headlines last Friday when President Michel Temer issued a decree declaring federal military intervention, handing over all matters of Rio de Janeiro’s state public security to General […]
Clique aqui para Português Shootouts echoed throughout Rio de Janeiro’s Complexo da Maré on Tuesday, February 6, as state police conducted a massive operation in eight of Maré’s favelas. The operations left at least two […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Edu Carvalho published by O Globo click here. RioOnWatch Editor’s note: In an article analyzing the “indifference” and “silence” of Brazilian authorities and institutions […]
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 Community activists and family members packed Rio de Janeiro’s Theater of the Oppressed on the evening of Friday, December 8 as part of a community campaign against police operations in the […]