Clique aqui para Português It’s been over a month since Rio de Janeiro’s children officially went back to school after the summer vacation, yet with a teacher shortage plaguing the city thousands of students have been […]
Clique aqui para Português Catalytic Communities (CatComm) Executive Director and RioOnWatch Editor Theresa Williamson was invited by Americas Quarterly to write an op-ed on the importance of assassinated City Councillor Marielle Franco as a symbol […]
Clique aqui para Português Overcoming violence is the theme of the 2018 Fraternity Campaign, launched in Rio de Janeiro on February 17 at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Sebastian. The campaign, first created in 1964 by […]
Clique aqui para Português Maxwell Alexandre is a 27-year-old painter born and raised in Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro’s biggest favela. His solo exhibition—titled ‘Pardo é Papel’ (‘Brown is Paper’) due to both the surface color […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the fourth article in a four-part series on Internet access in favelas and urban peripheries in Brazil. Don’t miss parts one, two, and three. For the entire original article in Portuguese by Escola […]