Clique aqui para Português “O meu lugar, É cercado de luta e suor, Esperança num mundo melhor” “My place, It is surrounded by struggle and sweat, Hope for a better world” Maria do Socorro’s 14-year-old […]
For the original by Cláudia Freitas in Portuguese in Jornal do Brasil click here. According to data by Fiocruz, hypertension, stroke, depression, and even suicide were reported. Removals occurring in communities such as Complexo do Alemão […]
Yesterday morning, Tuesday March 13th, a demolition crew contracted by the Rio de Janeiro State government arrived at the Beira Rio community in Manguinhos in Rio’s North Zone to demolish vacated houses as part of an […]
RioOnWatch was the first news site to report on the brutal Favela do Metrô eviction back in November 2010. A year and a half later we revisit the scene to see how residents have faired. […]