Clique aqui para Português This article is part of RioOnWatch’s #VoicesFromSocialMedia series, which compiles perspectives posted on social media by favela residents and activists about events and societal themes that arise. Torrential rains and flash floods […]
Clique aqui para Português At 3:14pm on Wednesday, March 20, residents of Rio de Janeiro’s Morro do Borel favela in the city’s North Zone took to social media to report an intense shootout amid a large scale […]
Clique aqui para Português When Globo media network invited community educator Jota Marques to the wealthy Botanical Gardens neighborhood as part of an expert panel on creative education in May, he insisted on bringing his students from City […]
Clique aqui para Português On the evening of Wednesday, August 8, hundreds of spectators packed the Galpão Bela Maré community center for the first-ever “Master of the Peripheries” award ceremony. The award is dedicated to “stimulate […]
Clique aqui para Português On the night of Thursday, July 12, protesters flooded downtown Rio, marching in remembrance of city councilor Marielle Franco and victims of police violence throughout Rio de Janeiro. Saturday, July 14 […]