Complexo do Alemão

One Week After the World Cup: Alemão Cable Car Closed Over Daily Shootouts. Residents Terrified.

The lives of hundreds of residents in Complexo do Alemão have been disrupted by daily armed conflicts since the 2014 World Cup ended on July 13. According to residents, a [...]

July 22, 2014 // 0 Comments

World Cup Final Protest Met with Severely Disproportionate Force, Arrests & Police Brutality

On the afternoon of the 2014 World Cup final, as Rio’s Maracanã stadium filled with soccer fans, demonstrators congregated just 2km away in the Saens Peña square, in [...]

July 15, 2014 // 0 Comments

Providência’s Cable Car Launch: Urban Mobility or Tourism?

Since its first run in 1912, the famous bondinho, or cable car, has made countless trips taking millions of tourists to soak in panoramic views of Rio de Janeiro from the [...]

July 1, 2014 // 0 Comments

Rio’s Long Road to Full Citizenship for All

What does it mean to be a citizen? At bare minimum, formal citizenship refers to membership in the political community, based on the concept of national belonging. A more [...]

June 30, 2014 // 0 Comments

Favela Residents Protest Against Police Violence & World Cup Impacts

On June 23, on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the police operation in Maré which killed ten people, a demonstration took place starting in the Chapéu-Mangueira [...]

June 25, 2014 // 0 Comments

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