Clique aqui para Português We are suffering from police invasions across three consecutive days in some Maré favelas, located in Rio’s North Zone. Since yesterday morning, Friday July 29, residents have heard shots all day […]
Clique aqui para Português In a recent interview with The Guardian, Eduardo Paes, mayor of Rio de Janeiro, refuted allegations that Olympics investments have been concentrated only in rich parts of the city. “It’s crazy […]
Clique aqui para Português This article by Cleber Araújo Santos is one of a series of five opinion pieces on the impeachment by community reporters published this week on RioOnWatch. Cleber Araújo Santos, 40, was born in Monte Pascoal, […]
Clique aqui para Português The short film Here is My Place begins with a common refrain: there are two Rio de Janeiros. There’s the Rio of “beaches, samba, Carnival and beautiful women,” and the “less glamorous” […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Jefferson Puff in Portuguese published by BBC Brasil click here. “In the favela you can’t kiss or walk holding hands. Gays, lesbians and transexuals living in favelas have […]