Clique aqui para Português This is the third of a three-part series on the language spoken in the peripheries of Rio de Janeiro. Don’t miss Part 1 and Part 2. Everything in the favela is different, […]
Clique aqui para Português The Australian Olympic Committee plans to ban its athletes and team members from visiting favelas while in Rio de Janeiro for the Olympics. The team at RioOnWatch implores the AOC to reconsider its […]
Clique aqui para Português The short film Here is My Place begins with a common refrain: there are two Rio de Janeiros. There’s the Rio of “beaches, samba, Carnival and beautiful women,” and the “less glamorous” […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Henrique Pio Barbosa published in Voz das Comunidades click here. Rio de Janeiro is the city with the most favela residents in Brazil. These communities have […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Jefferson Puff in Portuguese published by BBC Brasil click here. “In the favela you can’t kiss or walk holding hands. Gays, lesbians and transexuals living in favelas have […]