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  • [ January 31, 2023 ] Anielle Franco: From Maré’s Alleyways to Minister of Racial Equality Democracy
  • [ January 27, 2023 ] ‘Let’s Walk Together’: Brazilian Minister of Racial Equality Anielle Franco’s Inauguration Speech in Full #MarielleLegacy
  • [ January 23, 2023 ] 1st Festival of Social Museology Held in Rio de Janeiro: Community Museums as Tools of Resistance by International Observers
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Eleven Candidates From Rio’s Favelas Seek to Increase Representation in the Parliaments

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Isaac Goodwin, Sofi-Nicole Barreiro • September 30, 2022

Clique aqui para Português Of a total 2,785 registration requests from Rio de Janeiro candidates to run in the upcoming elections, only 23 have agendas with a focus on the needs of peripheries, eleven of […]

#MarielleLegacy

95 Favela Candidates Are Running for Rio de Janeiro’s City Council

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Sharon Gogar • November 13, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series of articles on Rio de Janeiro’s 2020 municipal elections from a favela perspective. It is not only the electoral dispute for Mayor of Rio that […]

Candidates running for Rio de Janeiro's 2020 Mayoral Elections
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2020 Municipal Elections: Get to Know Rio’s Mayoral Candidates

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Armando Torres, Gianna Giordani • October 21, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series of articles on Rio de Janeiro’s 2020 municipal elections from a favela perspective. With an estimated population of 6,718,903, according to the Brazilian Institute for […]

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Hunger Is a Feminine Noun, Part 2: Greater Rio’s Japeri Municipality in Chaos

By Elvira Lobato • Translation by Tara Mittelberg • July 5, 2019

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Elvira Lobato published by Agência Pública click here for the series and here for the article. Angelina Nunes and Claudia Lima contributed reporting. Photographs […]

#MarielleLegacy

A Brazil that Elects Black and Favela Candidates Also Votes for Those Who Despise Them

By Luisa Fenizola • Translation by Abigail Cramer, Ava Rose Hoffman • October 11, 2018

Clique aqui para Português In Rio de Janeiro, three black women from favelas who had worked for Marielle Franco prior to her assassination were elected as state representatives: Renata Souza (PSOL), a postdoctoral researcher in media […]

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  • ‘Let’s Walk Together’: Brazilian Minister of Racial Equality Anielle Franco’s Inauguration Speech in Full
    By Anielle Franco • Translation by Kay Alvito • January 27, 2023
  • 2022 Best and Worst International Reporting on Rio de Janeiro’s Favelas [EDITORIAL]
    By RioOnWatch Editorial • Translation by Staff • January 16, 2023
  • Permissiveness for the Self-Described ‘Patriots.’ Bullets for the Favelas. What #VoicesFromSocialMedia Say About the Brasília Attacks
    By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Staff • January 15, 2023

  • Understanding Energy Justice and Efficiency in Rio’s Favelas [VIDEO]
    By Jaqueline Suarez • Translation by Pilar Boyero • December 13, 2021
  • Pedra Branca and the Energy Dilemmas of Rio’s Urbanization: From Charcoal to Electricity
    By Antonio Alonso, Iamni Torres Jager • Translation by Trisha Ponti • November 1, 2021
  • Energy That Comes From Waste: Biodigester Turns Sewage into Biogas in Vale Encantado Favela [VIDEO]
    By Jaqueline Suarez • Translation by Saskia Wright • August 1, 2021

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