Clique aqui para Português “Favelados around the world is culture, too,” grins comedian Marcelo Magano, standing in a sunlit street in Bogotá, Colombia. Behind him is the Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Theater, known for its wide-ranging […]
Erik Martins has many fingers in many pies. I told him so, on the first of many nights that we spent together in Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro’s largest favela, located in the city’s South Zone. […]
Clique aqui para Português The Australian Olympic Committee plans to ban its athletes and team members from visiting favelas while in Rio de Janeiro for the Olympics. The team at RioOnWatch implores the AOC to reconsider its […]
Soccer fans from all over the world have gathered in Rio de Janeiro during the World Cup. RioOnWatch asked visiting fans at the popular FIFA FanFest on Copacabana Beach about their perceptions of Rio’s favelas, […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original by Andressa Cabral and Rodrigues Moura in Portuguese for Viva Favela click here. The democratization of higher education, spurred by scholarship programs and education public policy, is changing the […]