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Favela Residents Denounce Olympics Death Toll on Social Media

By Ava Rose Hoffman • August 30, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Between August 5 and 21, over the course of the Olympic Games, 92 shootouts took place in Rio de Janeiro, leaving at least 31 dead and 51 injured due to armed conflict, according […]

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Reflecting on the Games: A Look Behind the Olympic Smokescreen and the Rio 2016 ‘Success Story’

By Adam Talbot • August 22, 2016

Clique aqui para Português The entire world has spent the last two weeks gripped by incredible feats of sporting achievement and superhuman athletic prowess, all occurring right here in Rio de Janeiro. The plethora of […]

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Rio 2016 Is an Absolute Joke: Humor as Olympics Resistance

By Adam Talbot • August 15, 2016

Clique aqui para Português “Wit is a dangerous weapon,” wrote French philosopher Michel de Montaigne. George Orwell remarked that every joke is a tiny revolution. Mark Twain proclaimed laughter as the only truly effective weapon […]

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Front Line Defenders Calls for End to Threats Against Rio’s Human Rights Defenders [VIDEO]

By Ava Rose Hoffman • August 2, 2016

Clique aqui para Português On Thursday July 28, Front Line Defenders hosted a press conference with five outspoken activists from Rio de Janeiro who have gained distinction as Human Rights Defenders, as a part of […]

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Black Lives Matter Movement Begins Four Day Visit to Rio de Janeiro

By Mariah Barber • July 21, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Wednesday, July 20 marked the first day of the Black Lives Matter movement’s four-day visit to Rio de Janeiro, as part of Julho Negro or Black July. The first day of the visit […]

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