Clique aqui para Português Over the weekend of August 12, the US city of Charlottesville, Virginia, played host to violent clashes between white supremacists attending a “Unite the Right” rally and anti-racist counter-demonstrators. Provoked by […]
Clique aqui para Português It has been a year since I presented here on RioOnWatch a view of the negative legacy, or the suburban legacy of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, and much has […]
Clique aqui para Português One year after the Olympic Games, and Rio de Janeiro is reeling from a wave of violence that would be unimaginable to the thousands of tourists who descended on the city […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Rebeca Brandão in Portuguese published by Agulha on May 24 click here. Today, I would certainly prefer to write about the punks from Mesquita and the construction of an […]
Clique aqui para Português Since 2008, when the first Pacifying Police Unit (UPP) began occupying the Santa Marta favela, Rio de Janeiro’s state government has pursued aggressive policies to combat organized crime related to the drug trade and bring […]