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Two Years After Rio Olympics, Vila Autódromo Celebrates ‘Glorious Victory,’ Looks Toward the Future

By Adam Talbot • August 11, 2018

Clique aqui para Português On August 5, 2016, the Olympic Games began in Rio de Janeiro. As teargas choked protesting activists outside Maracanã Stadium, a tiny fraction of the original residents of Vila Autódromo were busy moving into […]

#InterventionWatch

Black July: Latin American Perspectives on Militarization, Autonomy, and Corruption

By Felicia Villalobos • August 3, 2018

Clique aqui para Português Last Friday morning, July 27, activists and audience members filed into the National School of Law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) in downtown Rio for the final […]

#InterventionWatch

Third Annual ‘Black July’ Begins in Rio, Denouncing Global Trend in Racism and Militarization

By Agência de Notícias das Favelas • Translation by Sharon Gogar • July 24, 2018

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese published by Agência de Notícias das Favelas click here. Julho Negro (“Black July”) is a joint international event against militarization and racism around the world. This year, […]

#ParticipationWatch

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 […]

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Greater Rio’s Participatory Planning Process to ‘Model the Metropolis’

By Luisa Fenizola • Translation by Júlia Hara Medeiros • June 28, 2018

Clique aqui para Português Metropolitan integration As it was with Brazil’s 1988 Constitution that recognized cities as sites of planning and decision-making, granting them more autonomy, today there is a growing movement to recognize that there […]

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