Clique aqui para Português Here on RioOnWatch we regularly report on land rights struggles in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas. With this focus in mind, on occasion we may publish articles such as this one, highlighting […]
Clique aqui para Português On Friday, April 5, the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro’s Institute for Philosophy and Social Sciences (IFCS/UFRJ) hosted a collective book launch followed by a panel debate on state violence with […]
Clique aqui para Português On the night of March 16, twelve-year-old Kauan Noslinde Pimenta Peixoto died after being shot during a Military Police intervention in the community of Chatuba, located in the municipality of Mesquita in Greater […]
Clique aqui para Português Today—Thursday, March 14, 2019—marks the one-year anniversary of the politically-motivated murder of former city councilor Marielle Franco and her driver Anderson Gomes. The 365-day-long investigation has been secretive and largely ineffective. I […]
Clique aqui para Português Violence against women is a systemic issue in Rio and across Brazil, a country with the 5th highest femicide rate in the world. Four women have been killed every day so far […]