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Rio Residents Protest Olympics Impacts at “Exclusion Games” Demonstration [VIDEO | IMAGES]

By Ciara Long, Natalie Southwick • August 9, 2016

Clique aqui para Português On Friday, August 5, several hundred protesters gathered in the Saens Peña square in Tijuca just hours before the Olympics opening ceremony was due to take place in nearby Maracanã stadium. […]

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Rio’s ‘Other Bay’ Demands Environmental Remediation Amidst Olympics Focus on Guanabara Bay

By Sophia Zaia • August 6, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Last Sunday, July 31 residents of Rio de Janeiro’s West Zone neighborhood Sepetiba joined together in a symbolic “hug” of the Sepetiba Bay to mobilize stewardship for the bay’s environment and community. The 40 […]

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Two Torches Passed through Rio’s Baixada Fluminense, One with Pride, the Other with Rubber Bullets

By Stephanie Reist • August 4, 2016

Clique aqui para Português The opening ceremony of  Rio 2016 will officially take place this Friday when the Olympic Torch, having journeyed all the way from Greece, will be used to light the Olympic Flame in the […]

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Anti-Olympics Protests Planned across Rio de Janeiro on the Eve of “The Exclusion Games”

By Adam Talbot • July 31, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Over the coming week, a range of anti-Olympics protest events will take place across Rio de Janeiro, culminating in a large demonstration during the opening ceremony on Friday August 5. Under […]

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The Fighter: Rio’s Vila Autódromo Favela Fights Olympic Bulldozers [FILM REVIEW]

By Ciara Long • July 29, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Documentary film The Fighter tells the story of Vila Autódromo, the favela that borders the Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, through the eyes […]

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