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2024 Retrospective of Top International Reporting on Rio’s Favelas

By Kincaid Cummings • December 26, 2024

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, […]

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Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes Halts Tribute to Amarildo de Souza, Blocking Street Name Change in Rocinha

By Igor Soares, Rodrigo Silva • Translation by Kay Alvito • December 20, 2024

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Igor Soares and Rodrigo Silva published in Fala Roça, click here. RioOnWatch translated this article to update our English-speaking audience on a critical story we covered […]

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Eduardo Paes Re-Elected Mayor of Rio de Janeiro With a Governing Majority; Five Favela City Councillors Elected

By Fabio Leon, Julio Santos Filho • Translation by Staff • October 14, 2024

Clique aqui para Português On Sunday, October 6, Eduardo Paes, of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), was re-elected mayor of Rio de Janeiro for his fourth term, this time with Eduardo Cavaliere, from the same […]

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Nearing the End of His Third Term, Rio de Janeiro’s Mayor Reignites Pre-Olympic Reputation of Forced Evictions in Maré’s Parque União, Amongst Daily Police Operations

By Carol Barbosa • Translation by Staff • September 13, 2024

Clique aqui para Português Imagine waking up on what seems like an ordinary morning, and suddenly being interrupted by the police saying: “Leave your home now, we’re tearing everything down!” Entire families with elders, children, […]

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The Sustainable Favela Network’s ‘Savory Wisdom’ Roundtable on Favela Food Sovereignty Concludes Rio’s 13th Environmental Film Festival

By Bárbara Dias • Translation by Kincaid Cummings • September 7, 2024

Clique aqui para Português On August 30, at Arena Dicró in Penha, in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, the Sustainable Favela Network’s “Savory Wisdom” roundtable took place, featuring eight community organizers from Greater Rio favelas, all […]

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