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Rio Mayoral Candidates Meet the Favelas at Public Debate in Mangueira

By Laura Bachmann • September 24, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Following a local debate in Maré on September 15, Rio’s mayoral candidates attended a debate with favela residents from across the city on September 18 at the historic Samba Museum in Mangueira. […]

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Complexo da Maré Hosts Debate with Rio’s Mayoral Candidates

By Laura Bachmann, Laura Fairman • September 20, 2016

Clique aqui para Português On Thursday, September 15, three mayoral candidates attended a public debate hosted in Complexo da Maré in Rio’s North Zone. The debate was organized by A Maré que Queremos (The Maré That We […]

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We Are Bleeding Together with Democracy [OPINION]

By Cléber Araujo • Translation by Adam Lee • September 15, 2016

Clique aqui para Português This article by Cleber Araujo is part of a series of opinion pieces on the impeachment by community reporters published on RioOnWatch. In a sad moment of great global shame, Brazilian politicians far removed […]

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Vidigal Neighborhood Association Presidential Candidates Debate Ahead of Sunday Election

By Alejandra O'Connell, Juliana Ritter • June 17, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Yesterday evening, Thursday June 16, Vidigal residents gathered at the square at the bottom of the favela in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro to hear a discussion with candidates for […]

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MonstruáRio2016 Anti-Olympics Exhibit Accused of Racism [OPINION]

By Bruno Calisto • May 2, 2016

The anti-Olympics MonstruáRio 2016 exhibit by Rio de Janeiro comedian Rafucko, an “anti-souvenir shop” for the upcoming 2016 Olympic Games, has been accused of racism by Black activists for appropriating and exploiting the struggles of Black people […]

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