The Popular Committee for the World Cup and Olympics and the Marcha Das Vadias (Slut Walk) came together last week, June 16, to discuss mega-events, sexual tourism and the regulation of prostitution in Rio de Janeiro. […]
On Saturday, May 28, residents of Vidigal favela in Rio de Janeiro’s South Zone gathered to bid farewell to local artist Wilson Alexandre. After ten years of transforming a 600 square meter overgrown abandoned site into a vibrant […]
Clique aqui para Português “When you are fighting for your house, and your most basic needs–like safety and public health–trees are left behind. To talk to the City about the trees… I left it for last. But […]
Clique aqui para Português On April 21, a 50-meter stretch of the seaside Tim Maia bike path collapsed under a strong wave near the São Conrado neighborhood in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, […]
Clique aqui para Português On Sunday April 10, residents of Horto, located within and around Rio de Janeiro’s Botanical Garden in the South Zone, held a protest against the removal of their community of 621 families. […]