Two days after a nationwide police operation preemptively arrested several protesters in Rio, São Paulo, and Porto Alegre on trumped-up charges, approximately 500 people gathered for the morning march on the final day of the […]
More than 18 months after its completion, the cable car of Morro da Providência was finally launched Wednesday, July 2. Both Mayor Eduardo Paes and Governor Luiz Fernando Pezão were present at the opening ceremony. Cable […]
Clique aqui para Português On June 23, on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the police operation in Maré which killed ten people, a demonstration took place starting in the Chapéu-Mangueira favela in Rio’s South Zone. […]
Clique aqui para Português Rio’s Most Brutal Eviction “For the World Cup” The World Cup is well underway, and in Rio the games are being played in the Maracanã Stadium just around the corner from what used […]
Clique aqui para Português Since the decision of the Federal Minister of the Environment, Izabella Teixera, in May last year to redefine the limits of Rio’s Botanical Gardens and remove 520 families from Horto, residents have actively […]