A New Olympic Sport: City Cleansing
Clique aqui para Português In two months time, the eyes of the world will be firmly fixed on Rio de Janeiro, and the municipal government has spent the last seven years and billions of reais getting the […]
Clique aqui para Português In two months time, the eyes of the world will be firmly fixed on Rio de Janeiro, and the municipal government has spent the last seven years and billions of reais getting the […]
Clique aqui para Português April 2 marked an important anniversary for the North Zone favela of Complexo do Alemão. One year ago on the day, an officer from the Pacifying Police Unit (UPP) shot and killed […]
Clique aqui para Português Favela Tem Memória (Favelas Have Memory) is an exhibition by the NGO Viva Rio that explores the history of 12 favelas situated along Rio’s metro lines. The exhibition opened on February 29, at the Pavuna metro […]
Clique aqui para Português A new art exhibition in Rio de Janeiro explores the effects of forced evictions in preparation for the upcoming Olympics. The project “Olympic Favela” by photographer Marc Ohrem-Leclef includes a collection of photographs and a […]
Clique aqui para Português When foreign journalists visit Rio de Janeiro wishing to report on favela community news, they quickly come to find themselves relying on social media. Many are surprised at how Brazil in general and favela […]