Clique aqui para Português For the original in Portuguese published in Folha de São Paulo, click here. Rio’s favela residents share their views of the 2016 Olympics and of the pacification process of the Pacifying Police Units (UPPs). […]
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 Jane is one of the most important figures in the fight against favela evictions in Rio de Janeiro today. She has always been tireless in her fight: speaking out not just in […]
Clique aqui para Português Since winning the Olympic bid in 2009 and hosting the 2014 World Cup, the city of Rio de Janeiro has gone through immense urban transformations that have disrupted and changed the […]
Clique aqui para Português Vila Autódromo, in Rio’s West Zone, is under extreme pressure of evictions from the City in preparation for the 2016 Olympics. Most residents have left, selling their houses to the City or exchanging them for […]