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10 Years After Olympics, Rio???s Chronically Neglected Suburban Rail System Is Handed Over to New Consortium, Nova Via Mobilidade??? RioOnWatch
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (278+ words) Clique aqui para Português Campos says that “the last major cycle of investment in trains was in 2010, when SuperVia’s contract was renewed early for another five years.” In the period leading up to the Olympics, there were upgrades to signaling,…...
No Power Is Authentic When It Is Based on Exclusion and Silencing: Gender-Based Political Violence Against Black Women in Brazil [OPINION]??? RioOnWatch
3+ week, 1+ day ago (801+ words) Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series on the 2026 Brazilian elections, focusing on the perspectives of Greater Rio’s favelas. Brazilian democracy still suffers from deep-seated forms of exclusion that limit the full participation of certain social…...
Surf Legend Ricardo Bocão’s Enduring Legacy in Rocinha
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (504+ words) Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Karen Fontoura published in Fala Roça, click here. Known as “Bocão,” Ricardo Ramos founded the Rocinha Surf School Association. His legacy was defined by his commitment to promoting the sport and…...
Rio de Janeiro’s ‘Milícias’—Vigilante, Off-Duty Police Gangs—Are Not a Parallel Power: They Are the State at Work [BOOK REVIEW] – RioOnWatch
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (990+ words) Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series on the 2026 Brazilian elections, focusing on the perspectives of Greater Rio’s favelas. Olliveira traces a historical and political analysis of the militia in Rio de Janeiro state dating back…...
Eco Ableism in Favelas: People with Disabilities and Atypical Families from Maré Speak Out About Challenges, Routines and Survival Strategies – RioOnWatch
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (960+ words) 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…...
30 Years Since the First Promises and 10 Years After the Olympics, the Cleanup of Guanabara Bay Remains Rio’s Main Challenge – RioOnWatch
2+ mon, 12+ hour ago (607+ words) Clique aqui para Português The causes of poor water quality in Guanabara Bay are easy to identify: over the years, sewage has been dumped into the bay, some of its beaches have been subjected to infill and pollution has become…...
70 Years of Public Housing in the Heart of Rio’s South Zone: Cruzada São Sebastião
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (148+ words) Clique aqui para Português In addition to Praia do Pinto, several favelas lined the lagoon’s shores at the time: Pedra do Bahiano (where Leblon shopping mall stands today), Catacumba, Ilha das Dragas, Piraquê, Macedo Sobrinho and Largo da Memória. It…...
Visiting Rio Before July 30th? Don’t Miss ‘Favela Climate Memory’ Exhibition at the Favela Museum Overlooking Ipanema: ‘We Learned to Survive So We Can Tell Others How’ – RioOnWatch
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (281+ words) Clique aqui para Português Márcia Souza, co-founder of the Favela Museum in the Pavão-Pavãozinho and Cantagalo favelas (known by the acronym PPG), spoke about the importance of hosting the exhibition once again at MUF and about the process behind the…...
Ary Barroso Park in Penha Has Suffered Decades of Government Neglect and Is at Risk of Disappearing
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1290+ words) 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…...
Complex and Intelligent, the Favela Has Its Own Geography
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (387+ words) Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Preto Zezé published in O Globo, click here. In the year Milton Santos would have turned 100, perhaps the best tribute to the Bahian geographer is not to simply repeat his concepts…...