Clique aqui para Português This is the latest contribution to our media watchdog series on the Best and Worst International Reporting on Rio’s favelas, part of RioOnWatch’s ongoing conversation on the media narrative and media portrayal surrounding favelas. One year from […]
Clique aqui para Português On December 16, 2010 Mayor Eduardo Paes signed Decree 33.280 to establish Leopoldina Municipal Urban Park in the Serra da Misericórdia, located in the North Zone of Rio. In 2012, the project […]
Clique aqui para Português The text below was written by Cléber Araújo, a resident of Complexo do Alemão in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, in July 2015 in the form of satire. August 22, 2016—We […]
Clique aqui para Português Waste management is a problem faced by virtually every favela in Rio de Janeiro. Most communities suffer inadequate or non-existent waste collection services because public agencies miscount the local population and provide inadequate services, […]
Clique aqui para Português Residents and activists in the São José Operário community, home to approximately 6,500 people in the Praça Seca area of Rio’s West Zone, celebrated World Environment Day on June 3. The event provided […]