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[ September 13, 2026 ] ‘I Moved Back to the Favela So I Wouldn’t Starve in the Housing Project’: An Ethnographic Account of the Olympic Resettlement Experience in Parque Carioca #EvictionsWatch
[ September 7, 2026 ] 2026 Elections: What’s at Stake for Favelas When Brazilians Cast Votes at the Ballot Box? #ParticipationWatch
[ August 31, 2026 ] Prior to Elections, Rio de Janeiro State Legislature Revives ‘Wild West Bonus’ and Elects Its Author Chair of Human Rights Commission #UPPWatch
[ August 29, 2026 ] ‘I Miss Everything’: Reflections from Conceição Queiroz Ten Years After Being Evicted from Vila Autódromo for the Olympic Games [INTERVIEW] #EvictionsWatch
[ August 28, 2026 ] From Concrete to Food: Collective Action Transforms Abandoned Reservoir Into Community Garden in Complexo do Alemão [IMAGES] *Highlight

Rocinha Celebrates Saint George’s Day With Devotion

By Edu Carvalho • Translation by Desirée Poets • April 26, 2018

Clique aqui para Português Over 250 kilos of fish, endless boxes full of fireworks, and white and red roses. The reason for this majestic party? The festivities of April 23 in Rocinha, the day on […]

Vila Autódromo Meets the Mayor [IMAGES]

By RioOnWatch writers • October 10, 2013

Clique aqui para Português Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013, 9am–Four years to the month after they discovered their community was a target for eviction in name of the 2016 Rio Olympics, a coalition of residents of […]