Clique aqui para Português As has been reported on this site, many Cariocas have been forced from their homes in the build-up to the Olympics. This article asks whether this is a special case in […]
Clique aqui para Português When foreign journalists visit Rio de Janeiro wishing to report on favela community news, they quickly come to find themselves relying on social media. Many are surprised at how Brazil in general and favela […]
Clique aqui para Português This Wednesday, January 13, Vila Autódromo woke up around 7 o’clock to find a large number of Rio’s Tropa de Choque (Shock Troops), a police unit specifically used for controlling large public manifestations and […]
Clique aqui para Português “If you don’t leave out of love you will leave out of pain.” This was the message from the Sub-Mayor of Barra da Tijuca, Alex Costa, according to Vila Autódromo residents still […]
Clique aqui para Português Residents, students, and volunteers gathered in Vila Autódromo on Saturday, December 12 to measure the area that will become the community’s daycare center. The daycare, or creche in Portuguese, is a […]