More Tourists Expected for Rio‘s Street Carnival 2015 Blocos
After the famous parades of Rio’s best samba schools, the Carnival in the streets with several hundred different parties known...
January 9, 2015Topic
Afroreggae
The AfroReggae NGO Under Fire in Rio
AfroReggae has been the target of violent attacks recently, allegedly from drug trafficking gangs, prompting an outcry of public support.
August 27, 2013
Run For Peace at Zona Norte Favelas
The same dirt road drug traffickers used to escape from the police, was part of the 4,850 meter run called...
May 17, 2011
Obama Visits Rio de Janeiro
By Patricia Maresch, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – U.S. President Barack Obama visited Rio on Sunday, March 20th...
March 20, 2011
Violence in Rio Continues
By Sibel Tinar, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – As the chaos and the surge of violence in...
November 27, 2010AfroReggae String Orchestra
By Patricia Maresch, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - At Vinicius' home in favela Parada de Lucas you might...
November 9, 2010
Favelas Rising with AfroReggae
By Sibel Tinar, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – Shootings related to the favelas of Rio de Janeiro are not...
May 18, 2010
Outrage Over Afroreggae Evandro João da Silva’s Killing
By Lindsay Spratt, Sub Editor [caption id="attachment_13223" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="Evandro João da Silva, photo by Nick Dracoulis."][/caption] RIO DE JANEIRO...
October 27, 2009