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Popular Committee Holds Debate on Militarization, Racism and the Olympics

By Marta Ill-Raga • November 17, 2015

Clique aqui para Português Last Wednesday, November 11, a debate on militarization, exclusion, racism and the Olympics was held in the Cinelândia square, in front of Rio’s City Council, a historic space for protest and […]

Photo: Flickr, Vitor Silva
#UPPWatch

Nemesis: One Man and the Battle for Rio [BOOK REVIEW]

By Sarah Jacobs • October 22, 2015

Clique aqui para Português At the beginning of Nemesis: One Man and the Battle for Rio, journalist Misha Glenny recalls a tour he took of Rocinha, Rio’s largest single favela, in 2007. During the tour, […]

#Rio2016

Segregration, Vigilantism & Protest: Responses to Rio’s Beach Robberies

By Benito Aranda-Comer, Federico Olivieri • October 9, 2015

Clique aqui para Português Tension between Rio de Janeiro’s North and South Zone residents has reached a new peak because of the threat of violence on Rio’s beaches in this pre-Olympic year. On August 23, […]

*Highlight

Antiéticos: Three-Favela Rap Collective Challenges Racism and Stigma

By Gabriela Weldon • September 30, 2015

Clique aqui para Português “Our rap is a discussion, an idea, an exchange,” says the first track on Antiéticos’ new mixtape, Ético Molotov. Three “interview” tracks are woven through the album and serve as a […]

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Cristian Andrade or Aylan Kurdi? Children Die and Communities React

By Federico Olivieri • September 21, 2015

Clique aqui para Português Police brutality in Rio’s favelas triggered a new wave of outrage on social media this month. On September 8 at 11:30am a police raid in Manguinhos, in the North Zone of the […]

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