Tag: Rio
In Rio It’s War. And a Video Shows Police Executing Two Men on the Ground
A police officer walks up to a man lying on the ground, reaches down, ...
Brazilians Pour onto Streets Demanding a Halt to Reforms and the President’s Ousting
Brazilians took to the streets in a nationwide protest on Wednesday against President Michel ...
Rio Carnaval Gets Serious with Tragic Story of a Broken Dam
In 2015, the collapse of mining company Samarco’s dams at a mine in ...
How the Rio Olympic Games Helped the Wealthy and Hurt the Poor
The Olympic Games revealed the deep socioeconomic and political contradictions of Brazil and helped ...
Brazilians Special Kind of Blindness: They Can’t See They Are Racist
University of Arizona anthropologist Jennifer Roth-Gordon spent 10 days in Brazil leading up to ...
Rio Carnaval Parade Celebrating the Amazon Indians Leaves Big Farm Livid
Rio’s Carnaval festivities were threatened this year by a spat pitting a well-known parade ...
Without Police, Rio’s Drug Lords Show Who Are the Bosses in the Favelas
After the Brazilian government spent tens of millions of dollars securing the city of ...
Six Months and US$ 2.3 Billion Later, Rio Olympic Venues Abandoned and in Ruins
Buildings have been abandoned, swimming pools are empty, garbage and broken sports equipment can ...
In Brazil, Bloody Police Strike Goes On in Espírito Santo and Spreads to Rio
Despite an announcement by the government that the state of Espírito Santos, in southeastern ...
