Policies
The Brazilian Winter
For the original full post in Portuguese by Dodô Azevedo on G1 click here. June 14, 2013 João do Rio, the famous nineteenth-century Carioca journalist and writer, used to say that to learn the facts […]
Protest
#Rio2016
‘O Maraca é Nosso!’ Citizens denied entry to stadium bidding process
On Thursday morning, April 11th, approximately 400 protesters representing various social and political movements marched from Largo do Machado to the Palácio Guanabara in Laranjeiras to demonstrate against the privatization of Rio’s historic Maracanã stadium. […]
#Rio2016
‘The City is Ours!’ A Protest for Rio’s Public Spaces
Last Saturday, March 15th, a few hundred spirited citizens gathered in unity to protest the wave of privatization that is accompanying Rio’s preparations for next year’s World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games, in a march […]
Policies
Veta Dilma: Rio’s State-Sponsored Oil Royalties Protest
In a protest organized and funded by the Rio de Janeiro state government–with the right to take off from work to participate–held on Monday, November 26, up to 200,0000 people flooded the streets of downtown […]
#EvictionsWatch
Activists Protest World Cup & Olympic Evictions
Clique aqui para Português For original article in Portuguese in published in G1 click here. One protester said “there are a series of human rights abuses.” Asked by G1, the City’s press office has yet […]