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What Are Rio de Janeiro’s Gubernatorial Candidates Proposing for the State’s Favelas?
Rio de Janeiro State has nine candidates for governor in 2026. Montage: RioOnWatch 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. As the state of Rio de Janeiro approaches the 2026 elections, its problems go beyond the figures in the government’s accounts.
‘There Is No Climate Justice Without Adequate Housing,’ Argue Leaders at First Brazilian Housing and Climate Forum
The current state of a home damaged by a 2019 storm in Vidigal, in Rio’s South Zone. Photo: Igor Albuquerque Clique aqui para Português The climate crisis is often framed around floods, landslides and heat waves produced by extreme weather. For those living in Brazil’s favelas and peripheral areas, protection thus begins with safe housing and security of tenure.
Gun Violence Against Children: Rio’s City and State Governments Fail to Address Ongoing Childhood Tragedy
Clique aqui para Português Since 2016, 710 children and adolescents have been shot in Greater Rio—an average of nearly two young victims per week. According to a February 2025 report by the Fogo Cruzado Institute, which collects data on armed violence, this figure reflects the increase in police operations involving children and adolescents as victims. State security agents were involved in 36% of shootings, up from 28% in 2017.
Rio Event Joins Organizers to Discuss Favela-Palestine Connections
Clique aqui para Português On Saturday, July 27, the ninth edition of Black July took place over a traditional countryside breakfast at Raízes do Brasil, space of the Small Farmers’ Movement (MPA) in Santa Teresa, a neighborhood in Central Rio. The event featured conversation circles led by Black women from favelas and peripheries.
Memories Are Bulletproof: Three Years Without Kathlen and Her Baby
Clique aqui para Português June 2024 reflected three years since the murder of Kathlen Romeu and her unborn baby in the favelas of Complexo do Lins, in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone. An event was organized to mark the date at the headquarters of Unidos do Cabuçu—a samba school from the Barro Preto favela, located in Complexo do Lins—in memory of Romeu.
Three Years After Deadliest Massacre by Police in Rio de Janeiro History, Mothers of Jacarezinho Victims Continue Fighting for Justice
Clique aqui para Português Three years have passed since the Jacarezinho Massacre, during which Rio de Janeiro’s Civil Police (PCERJ) killed 28 residents in the deadliest police operation in Rio state history, the pain still plagues the Jacarezinho favela, particularly on Mother’s Day.
This Women’s Day, Learn About the Ongoing Relevance of Carolina Maria de Jesus, a Historic Afro-Brazilian Author from the Favelas
Clique aqui para Português Carolina Maria de Jesus said so much about Brazil. Her writing, charged with feeling and indignation, reflected a difficult reality not only experienced by the writer herself, decades ago, but by millions of Brazilians even today. Her works are documents that bear witness to the resistance of a Black woman from the favela.
It Isn't the Rain! What's Killing Rio de Janeiro's Favela Residents Is Environmental Racism, Say #VoicesFromSocialMedia
Clique aqui para Português This article is part of RioOnWatch’s ongoing #VoicesFromSocialMedia series, which compiles perspectives posted on social media by favela residents and activists about events and societal themes that arise. On Saturday night January 13, the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region, especially the city’s North Zone and Greater Rio’s Baixada Fluminense, again experienced the consequences of extreme weather, which is lamentably becoming increasingly common with each passing year.
When Memories Collide: ‘Favela Climate Memory’ Exhibition Launched by Rio de Janeiro’s Sustainable Favela Network [VIDEO]
Clique aqui para Português On Saturday, June 17, Vila Autódromo in Rio de Janeiro’s West Zone hosted the launch of the Climate Memory of the Favelas Exhibition, organized by community museum members of the Sustainable Favela Network (SFN) and partners.
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