Policies
The Brazilian Winter
For the original full post in Portuguese by Dodô Azevedo on G1 click here. June 14, 2013 João do Rio, the famous nineteenth-century Carioca journalist and writer, used to say that to learn the facts […]
public transportation
Policies
Favela Não Se Cala Continues Mobilizing Awareness in Providência & Horto
Last month in Providência Favela Não Se Cala organized a gathering of over fifty people that included residents of favelas from across the city, public defenders, law students, activists and social workers. Photographers and videographers flitted […]
#GentrificationWatch
Rio de Janeiro: City For Sale?
View original in Portuguese here. Article by Raquel Rolnik, Special Rapporteur to the UN on Adequate Housing. After announcing the “Estação Patrocinada” (“Sponsored Station”) project, Metrô Rio, the management company for Rio de Janeiro’s metro system, […]
Interviews & Profiles
The Story of Dona Maria
Clique aqui para Português Maria Garcez looked on devastated as City workers demolished her home in Favela do Metrô on November 4th, 2010. Her image accompanied RioOnWatch’s first report on the brutal eviction of the community […]
by Community Contributors
Sepetiba Students Denounce Public Transportation
Clique aqui para Português This video shows interviews with residents and public bus employees that work in the neighborhood of Sepetiba. The interviews are with public school students who use public transportation in Sepetiba. According […]