Clique aqui para Português This article is part of RioOnWatch’s ongoing #VoicesFromSocialMedia series, which compiles perspectives posted on social media by favela residents and activists about events and societal themes that arise. It is also part of a series […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the first in our 2026 series reflecting on the city’s favelas 10 years after the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. On August 14, 2025, Rio de Janeiro’s City […]
Clique aqui para Português In December, Complexo da Penha, in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, hosted a number of community-run events just weeks after Rio de Janeiro’s deadliest police massacre took place in the same […]
Clique aqui para Português From October 30 through November 1, 2025, Rocinha, Brazil’s second largest favela in Rio de Janeiro’s South Zone, hosted the 3rd Conference on Favela and Peripheral Journalism—a national meeting that offered […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the second of two articles complementing official coverage of the 2nd Sustainable Favela Festival. Click here for part one. During the countdown to COP30 in Belém, the climate conference […]