Clique aqui para Português This article is part of RioOnWatch’s #VoicesFromSocialMedia series, which compiles perspectives posted on social media by favela residents and activists about events and societal themes that arise. It’s also part of a […]
Clique aqui para Português “Brazil, the time has come to hear the Marias, Mahins, Marielles, Malês,” goes the 2019 Carnival theme song of one of Rio de Janeiro’s most famous samba schools, Mangueira. The line is a […]
Clique aqui para Português Peneira—a creative industry organization that works with artistic interventions in public spaces—is organizing a series of debates with candidates for the positions of federal and state representative as part of a […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the sixth article in an ongoing series on the Brazilian electoral political scene in 2018. The immediate reaction to the death of Marielle Franco, beyond deep pain, was the strengthening of […]
Clique aqui para Português On Wednesday, May 2, seven of City Councillor Marielle Franco’s bills went to vote in Rio de Janeiro’s City Council. With the galleries full and incredible public support, five proposed bills […]