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What Do Rio’s Mayoral Candidates Say About Social Housing?

By Ciara Long • September 28, 2016

Clique aqui para Português As Rio’s mayoral candidates enter their final week of campaigning ahead of the 2016 election on October 2, we take a look here at the proposals for social housing. Of the […]

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Entering the Scene: Empowerment and Community Mobilization through the Theater of the Oppressed in Maré

By Anna Cash • September 27, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Theater of the Oppressed (TO) is an internationally celebrated participatory form of theater invented in Rio, in which there are no spectators, just spect-actors. TO was originally created by writer, director, and politician […]

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Rio Mayoral Candidates Meet the Favelas at Public Debate in Mangueira

By Laura Bachmann • September 24, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Following a local debate in Maré on September 15, Rio’s mayoral candidates attended a debate with favela residents from across the city on September 18 at the historic Samba Museum in Mangueira. […]

Event discussion. Photo by Mídia Ninja.
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Favela Candidates Run for Office, Among ‘City Council Members We Want’ [VIDEO]

By Nour El-Youssef • September 22, 2016

Clique aqui para Português On Saturday, September 17, the campaign Vereadores Que Queremos, or City Council Members We Want, hosted an evening of interviews, debate, and roundtable discussion with 18 candidates running for City Council in the […]

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Visually Impaired Maré Resident Edivandro Rosa Makes Athleticism His Profession

By Maria da Conceição Rodrigues, Thaís Cavalcante • Translation by Adam Lee • September 21, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Anyone walking around Maré’s Olympic Village in the morning already knows who trains there: Edivandro Rosa, 38, who made the space a stepping stone in learning how to live with blindness. A […]

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