Clique aqui para Português Residents and activists gathered in Vila Autódromo this last Saturday April 23 to begin the process of creating a museum focusing on the community and its history of resistance and removals, […]
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 […]
Clique aqui para Português Rio de Janeiro’s community museums are often overlooked, undervalued and underfunded, but now several are also under threat of eviction. “In these museums the point of interest isn’t simply the preservation of […]
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 After going to City Hall on March 15 to formally request a meeting with the Mayor to discuss the City’s upgrading plan for the community, residents of Vila Autódromo have had several […]