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Favelas, the Cheapest Vote on the Market: An Interview with André Luiz Lima, Part 1

By Edilano Cavalcante • Translation by Sharonya Vadakattu • July 19, 2018

Clique aqui para Português This is the second article in a two-part series covering an interview about Brazil’s upcoming elections produced by community media group Fala Manguinhos! for RioOnWatch. Read the second part here. Every two years, favelas […]

Policies

How to Construct a ‘Pact for Life’ Extensively Discussed at PUC-Rio

By Sabrina Magalhães • Translation by Melinda Gurr • July 17, 2018

Clique aqui para Português On Thursday, July 5, a roundtable entitled “A Pact for Life: How to Build One?” was organized at the Pontifical Catholic University (PUC-Rio). The discussion centered on public security measures and the […]

Civil Society

‘Black Women Shaping the Future’: A Reflection on Inclusion in Technology

By Chris Harden • July 6, 2018

Clique aqui para Português On June 28, accomplished black women from across the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields packed into the tech-focused coworking space Olabi, in Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, to imagine a more […]

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518 Years Later: Rio’s Indigenous Peoples Launch State Council for Indigenous Rights

By Désirée Poets • May 23, 2018

Clique aqui para Português Last Thursday, May 17, indigenous peoples of the state of Rio inaugurated the State Council for Indigenous Rights (Conselho Estadual dos Direitos Indígenas, CEDIND) at the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) building in […]

by Tyler Strobl
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Teacher Shortage Leaves Hundreds of Students Out of School, Tied to Fears of Eviction in Rio das Pedras

By Tyler Strobl • March 25, 2018

Clique aqui para Português It’s been over a month since Rio de Janeiro’s children officially went back to school after the summer vacation, yet with a teacher shortage plaguing the city thousands of students have been […]

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