Clique aqui para Português Imagine waking up on what seems like an ordinary morning, and suddenly being interrupted by the police saying: “Leave your home now, we’re tearing everything down!” Entire families with elders, children, […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the 10th edition of our media watchdog series Best and Worst International Reporting on Rio’s Favelas, part of RioOnWatch’s ongoing conversation on the media narrative and portrayal of favelas. A Significant Improvement in […]
Clique aqui para Português Last year on June 22, veteran CNN Brasil commentator Boris Casoy gave his analysis of the pre-trial detention of Milton Ribeiro in Santos, São Paulo. Former education minister for then-president Jair […]
Clique aqui para Português Recently, a number of articles have circulated in the Brazilian media reporting, with a mixture of wonder and reproach, the doubling in scale of the nation’s favelas over the past 36 […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the third article in a six-part series on the application of Meléndez’s Pyramid for Favela Upgrading to the city of Rio de Janeiro and its favelas. This pyramidal concept […]