Clique aqui para Português Today—Thursday, March 14, 2019—marks one year since the assassination of Rio city councilor Marielle Franco and her driver Anderson Gomes. Born and raised in the Maré favela in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, […]
Clique aqui para Português Violence against women is a systemic issue in Rio and across Brazil, a country with the 5th highest femicide rate in the world. Four women have been killed every day so far […]
Clique aqui para Português Saturday, February 9 was a day of celebration and struggle for Vila Autódromo, the community that vehemently resisted pre-Olympic evictions next to the 2016 Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro. The cultural occupation […]
Clique aqui para Português December 10 marked the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. To commemorate the day, the 10th International Human Rights Seminar and the 14th National Seminar on Human Rights […]
Clique aqui para Português Landless Workers’ Movement (MTST) and Popular Brigades (BP) celebrated Black Awareness Month by occupying one of the most elite beaches in Rio de Janeiro. For the 5th time, Afro-Brazilians from the MTST and […]