World Cup Journalism Report Card
The World Cup 2014 and the preceding leadup have seen an unprecedented level of attention to Brazil’s favelas. Much of the conversation has been productive, magnifying [...]
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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 [...]
Final Day of World Cup: Morning Protest Live from Tijuca in Rio de Janeiro
Two days after a nationwide police operation preemptively arrested several protesters in Rio, São Paulo, and Porto Alegre on trumped-up charges, approximately 500 people [...]
Who’s Cheering for Brazil in the World Cup?
For the original by Antônio Carlos Costa in Portuguese on the Rio de Paz Facebook page click here. Many people are cheering for Brazil not to be knocked out of this World [...]
Mega Sporting Events, Politics & Security in Brazil & Scotland in 2014
The World Cup in Brazil has brought unprecedented criticism of the ways in which sporting mega-events are organized and scrutiny over who actually benefits. Though distinct [...]