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Get to Know Candidates from Favelas for Rio de Janeiro’s City Council

By Bárbara Dias • Translation by Kincaid Cummings • October 3, 2024

Clique aqui para Português The city of Rio de Janeiro has 5,009,373 registered voters, according to data from the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), out of an estimated 6,211,223 people, based on the 2022 national census. […]

by Community Contributors

Meet Rio de Janeiro’s 2024 Mayoral Candidates

By Janaina Tavares • Translation by Vasti Cruz • October 2, 2024

Clique aqui para Português In 2024, seven men and two women are running for mayor of Rio de Janeiro from nine of Brazil’s several dozen political parties. Only one male candidate self-identifies as Black, reflecting […]

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Rio de Janeiro’s Militias and State Power, Part 2: Specialists Describe Their History and Expansion Over Time

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Ethan Kaimana, Ikrom Alajoulin • April 18, 2024

Clique aqui para Português Originally published in Portuguese in 2020, this is part two of a two-part article that describes the expansion of the state-sanctioned power of vigilante police militias in the Rio de Janeiro […]

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Rio de Janeiro’s Militias and State Power, Part 1: The Alarming and Little Reported Underbelly of Rio’s Elections

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Adrian Hooper • April 17, 2024

Clique aqui para Português Originally published in Portuguese in 2020, this is part one of a two-part article that discusses the expansion of the state-sanctioned power of vigilante police militias in the Rio de Janeiro […]

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Photos Show Voting Process in Brazilian Favela of Rocinha As Residents Vote in the 2022 Presidential Runoff Election [IMAGES]

By Alexandre Cerqueira • Translation by Staff • November 11, 2022

Clique aqui para Português In the 2022 presidential runoff election—the most contested Brazilian election since re-democratization—RioOnWatch accompanied voting at the state public school CIEP 303 Ayrton Senna da Silva in the the electoral zone belonging […]

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