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. For the Jacarezinho favela, in Rio […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Júlia Dias Carneiro published by BBC News Brasil click here. The backdrop in Rio: a shootout in broad daylight on Avenida Brasil left five injured; thirteen […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese published by the Institute of Alternative Policies for the Southern Cone (PACS) on Medium, click here. Reporting by Gizele Martins and Jessica Santos in partnership with the […]
Clique aqui para Português The letter below, recently circulated among international media and human rights bodies, was written by Vila Autódromo’s Heloisa Helena Costa Berto. It follows a disturbing rise in violent attacks on followers […]
Clique aqui para Português The Rio Olympics ended exactly a year ago today. What now? Community journalist Gizele Martins describes life in Maré today as “dictatorship in the midst of democracy.” Militarization has always been […]