Clique aqui para Português In Aldeia Maracanã (Maracanã Village), an indigenous village located next to the iconic soccer stadium of the same name, numerous efforts have been underway since 2006 to resist the pressures of […]
Clique aqui para Português On January 18, 2025, Morro do Salgueiro, one of Rio de Janeiro’s oldest favelas and a true urban quilombo [territories of Afro-Brazilian resistance that date back to slavery], located in the […]
Clique aqui para Português From 2013 to 2023, RioOnWatch ran the Best and Worst International Reporting on Rio de Janeiro’s Favelas series. It began, quite symptomatically, with the Worst International Reporting on Rio’s Favelas: 2013, […]
Clique aqui para Português One month ago, on Saturday, October 19, following seven years of growing activity, the Sustainable Favela Network (SFN) hosted its first event open to the general public. The 1st Sustainable […]
Clique aqui para Português This Brazilian Black Awareness Month, RioOnWatch celebrates two recent milestones for Afro-diasporic culture: the debut of breakdancing in the Olympics and the enactment of Rio de Janeiro State Law 10.289/2024, which […]