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Coronavirus Pandemic Exposes Rio’s Longstanding Water and Sanitation Issues

By Sophie-Anne Monplaisir • April 20, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article on the new coronavirus as it impacts Rio de Janeiro’s favelas and part of our partnership with The Rio Times. For the article as published in […]

A caveirão rolls through the streets of Acari during a police operation on April 6. Photo - Fala Akari Collective, Facebook
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After Brief Peace in Quarantine, Violent Policing Returns to Rio Favelas

By Edmund Ruge • April 10, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article on the new coronavirus as it impacts Rio de Janeiro’s favelas. For a full two weeks, the global Covid-19 pandemic seemed enough to curb police violence […]

Man wearing a white mask with a favela as background. Photo by: Ricardo Moraes/Reuters
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Covid-19 Unmasks the Privilege of Isolation in Rio de Janeiro and All Brazil

By Anouk Aflalo Doré • April 9, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article on the new coronavirus as it impacts Rio de Janeiro’s favelas. “That’s what’s happening. If you don’t create a plan for the peripheries of the whole […]

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Solutions From the Favelas: How Residents Are Acting, Demanding Action Ahead of Covid-19

By Luisa Fenizola • Translation by Edmund Ruge • April 2, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This is the seventh article in what will be a spotlighted issue on RioOnWatch for the foreseeable future: the new coronavirus as it impacts Rio de Janeiro’s favelas. This article is […]

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Looking to Help Rio Favelas Mitigate the Effects of Covid-19? Here’s an Extensive List of Community Campaigns

By CatComm Team, Cormac Whitney Low • March 29, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This is the fifth article in what will be a spotlighted issue on RioOnWatch for the foreseeable future: the new coronavirus as it impacts Rio de Janeiro’s favelas. We recommend also […]

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In May 2010, Catalytic Communities launched what was originally Rio Olympics Neighborhood Watch (hence RioOnWatch), a program to bring visibility to favela community voices in the lead-up to the 2016 Rio Olympics. This news site, RioOnWatch.org, grew into a much-needed and unique reference featuring favela perspectives on the urban transformation of Rio. With diverse and deeply interlinked articles by a mix of community reporters, resident opinions, solidarity reporters, international observers, and academic researchers, we work to engender a more accurate picture of favelas, their contributions to the city, and the potential of favela-led community development in Rio and around the world.

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