Category Archives: Brazil

Um prefeito não tão novo assim

Um homem híbrido para tempos híbridos: Eduardo Paes ganha fácil a reeleição em primeiro turno, com um recorde de 64.6% dos votos For A not-so-new mayor for Rio, click here Ele ajudou a trazer os Jogos Olímpicos para o Rio, … Continue reading

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A not-so-new mayor for Rio

A hybrid man for hybrid times: Eduardo Paes wins easy reelection in the first round, with a record 64.6% of the vote He helped bring the Olympic Games to Rio, installed state-of-the-art technology for day-to-day municipal operations, opened new leisure … Continue reading

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Can funk bring Rio together?

Can Rio bring funk together? Last week, RioRealblog took a looong bus ride out to Praça Seca in Jacarepaguá, to meet seven young men from West and North Zone favelas who recently spent two weeks in London. They’re part of … Continue reading

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5 x Pacificação, o filme

For 5 x Pacificação, the movie, click here Algo está faltando  “Esse documentário é para a sociedade,” disse um dos diretores, Cadu Barcellos. “Para discutir o que ela quer.” O filme de 96 minutos de duração estreia em 16 de novembro, … Continue reading

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5 x pacificação, the movie

A missing ingredient “This documentary is for society,” said one of its four young favela-bred directors, Cadu Barcellos. “To discuss what people want.” The 96-minute  film premieres in Brazil November 16, but RioRealblog got a pre-screening seat thanks to the NGO … Continue reading

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A descriminalização das drogas iria mexer no mapa do Rio de Janeiro

É o que parece, de acordo com a nova rede Pense Livre. For Drug decriminalization would remap Rio, click here RioRealblog traiu o Rio de Janeiro no início da semana passada, fazendo uma visita de dois dias e uma noite … Continue reading

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Drug decriminalization would remap Rio de Janeiro

So it seems, according to the new Pense Livre (Think Free) network. RioRealblog cheated on Rio de Janeiro earlier this week, running off to São Paulo for two days and a night. There were the constant comparisons: an art Bienal … Continue reading

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ArtRio snowballs into a draw far beyond carioca dreams, the second time around

A US$ 4.75 million investment equivalent brought in 74,000 visitors over just four days [update] Will ArtRio join Tefaf, Art Basel, Frieze and Art Basel- Miami Beach as one of the world’s top commercial art venues? That’s a possibility voiced … Continue reading

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Is pacification going off the rails?

Six teens killed over the weekend, in Chatuba “You’ll see, [the generalized violence] is just dormant,” said a taxi driver today, on the way from Rio’s international airport into the city. “It’ll be back. Just a couple of weeks ago … Continue reading

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Police training: revolution in the ranks, and above

Why not go all the way? Last week, O Globo newspaper reported that the landfill leachate from the state-of-the-art sanitary landfill in Seropédica, which finally permitted the closure of the Gramacho landfill (immortalized in artist Vik Muniz’s film Wasteland), is … Continue reading

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