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Impeachment Vote Reveals Five Things You Didn’t Know About Brazil’s Congress

By Renata Mendonça • Translation by Cara D’Rosario • April 24, 2016

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Renata Mendonça in Portuguese published by BBC Brasil click here. Sunday April 17’s voting process in Brazil’s Congress for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff had all Brazilians’ […]

#CommunityMedia

Community Media Fight for the Democratization of Communication

By Thaís Cavalcante • Translation by Tamara Katoni • March 3, 2016

Clique aqui para Português The traditional media, which hold the largest audiences across media channels, differ from democratic forms of communication because they are beholden to large corporations. Their social, moral and historic intentions are different. Political interests dominate when […]

#ParticipationWatch

Activists Explain Low Favela Participation in Fight against Dilma Impeachment “Coup”

By Favela 247 • Translation by Cara D’Rosario • December 21, 2015

Clique aqui para Português For the original in Portuguese published by Brasil 247 click here. The demonstration against the impeachment of President Dilma Rouseff and in favor of the fall of Brazil’s congressional president, Eduardo Cunha […]

#UPPWatch

The Death of UPP Social: Failing to Make Participation Work

By Ed Bentsi-Enchill, Jessica Goodenough, Michel Berger • March 30, 2015

Clique aqui para Português On July 23rd of last year, Eduarda La Rocque, president of the IPP–Instituto Pereira Passos, Rio’s city planning agency–was invited by the NGO Move Rio to give a talk on “The […]

Favela Culture

Democracy Through Technology: Internet Access in Rio’s Favelas

By Jeffrey Omari • March 10, 2015

Clique aqui para Português This article introduces a series by guest researcher Jeffrey Omari,* on ICTs in Rio’s favelas. A resident of a North Zone favela told a story of how his landlord gave him notice to vacate […]

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