Clique aqui para Português As a symbolic space in Rio de Janeiro, there is little to compare to the Maracanã stadium. Its history and position in the urban imagination is tightly linked to the cultural […]
“Here we are, abandoned in the sewage!” two Manguinhos residents exclaimed, pointing to the flooded, mosquito-ridden streets encircling their homes that had been that way for over a year. They recounted that government programs such as […]
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. […]
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 […]
Clique aqui para Português An abandoned square has become famous! A place for entertainment, inhabited by the homeless, street vendors, and pagode-lovers alike, this square’s existence is now being threatened by new construction. The Carlos […]