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10 Years After Olympics, Rio’s Chronically Neglected Suburban Rail System Is Handed Over to New Consortium, Nova Via Mobilidade

By Alice Novaes • Translation by Emily Schwartz • August 23, 2026

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of our series reflecting on the impacts of mega-events on Rio de Janeiro 10 years after the 2016 Olympic Games. It was produced in partnership between RioOnWatch and […]

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10 Years After Rio Olympics: The Persistence of Structural Disinvestment in Rio’s Majority Working-Class Suburbs [OPINION]

By Hugo Costa • Translation by Ikrom Alajoulin • July 30, 2026

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of our series reflecting on the impacts of mega-events on Rio de Janeiro 10 years after the 2016 Olympic Games. When I published my first article on RioOnWatch […]

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Eco Ableism in Favelas: People with Disabilities and Atypical Families Speak Out About Challenges, Routines and Survival Strategies

By Ramon Vellasco • Translation by Dani Scott • July 7, 2026

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University, to produce articles for the Digital Brazil Project on environmental justice in the favelas […]

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‘Pedala Queimados’ Brings Social Change Through Cycling in Rio de Janeiro’s Most Distant Periphery [PROFILE]

By Amanda Baroni Lopes, Pauline Okyere • Translation by Hannah McKenzie • August 29, 2025

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series of profiles of initiatives in Rio de Janeiro’s Sustainable Favela Network and of a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State […]

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Could It Be the End of Abandonment? Residents Join Hands to Revitalize ‘A Little Piece of Heaven’, in Turano Favela [IMAGES]

By Carla Regina • Translation by Nina Lebelbaum • November 8, 2023

Clique aqui para Português Concerned by the neglect facing Pedacinho do Céu, or “Little Piece of Heaven”, as the area atop the Rio de Janeiro favela Morro do Turano is known, current and former residents […]

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