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Rio voices: our Olympic odyssey

Residents of Rio de Janeiro reflect on life in the Olympic host city, revealing the impact of the 2016 Games on their day-to-day lives

19 August 2017

  • Uma menina indica buracos da bala na sua casa em Complexo do Alemão, Rio de Janeiro.

    A visão das favelas: 'O legado para Rio deveria ser paz, mas estamos em guerra'

    Daiene Mendes em Alemão
  • A man cooks a meal in Maré favela. ‘We still don’t have what is most important: peace.’

    View from the Rio favelas: ‘We're fighting for life while seeking peace’

    Thaís Cavalcante in Maré
  • View of the favela Rocinha, one of the biggest in Rio with 250,000 inhabitants, photographed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 11 august 2016.

    View from the Rio favelas: 'We hit rock bottom, financially and socially'

    Michel Silva in Rocinha
  • A young girl points to bullet holes in the front of her house in the favela Complexo do Alemao in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

    View from the Rio favelas: 'We're often scared to leave the house in case we're hit by a stray bullet'

    Daiene Mendes in Alemão

  • A visão das favelas: 'Chegamos ao fundo do poço, tanto financeiramente quanto socialmente'

    Michel Silva em Rocinha

  • A visão das favelas: 'Temos que lutar pela vida ao conviver com a violência'

    Thaís Cavalcante em Maré

29 December 2016

  • A boy walks through the Rocinha favela in Rio de Janeiro on 13 August 2016, where residents are still waiting for infrastructure promised under a federal investment programme.

    View from the favelas: 'Rio's instability haunts the lives of thousands'

    Michel Silva in Rocinha
  • Um rapaz passeia pela favela da Rocinha, no Rio de Janeiro, em 13 de agosto de 2016, onde os moradores ainda esperam por uma infra-estrutura prometida por um programa federal de investimentos.

    A visão das favelas: 'A instabilidade no Rio assombra a vida de milhares de pessoas'

    Michel Silva na Rocinha

28 December 2016

  • Children play in the favela complex of Mare, where promised improvements include the municipal Schools of Tomorrow project offering children a full-day in school and better facilities.

    View from the favelas: Developments in Rio masked the bleak reality

    Thaís Cavalcante in Maré
  • Crianças brincam no Complexo da Maré, Rio de Janeiro.

    A visão das favelas: 'Nós éramos obrigados a enxergar 'a cidade maravilhosa''

    Thaís Cavalcante na Maré

27 December 2016

  • People walk past closed shops at the Complexo do Alemao slum in Rio de Janeiro May 23, 2013. Drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro ordered shops shut in Complexo do Alemao slum, one of its biggest, early Thursday, forcing school closures, defying efforts to restore order to the city's vast shantytowns and renewing safety concerns in Brazil before it hosts the World Cup, Olympics and other big upcoming events.

    View from the favelas: A legacy of corruption, neglect and repression

    Daiene Mendes in Alemão
  • O Complexo do Alemão, onde se fechou o Teleférico depois dos Jogos.

    A visão das favelas: 'Para nós, o legado é de abandono, indiferença e corrupção

    Daiene Mendes no Alemão

3 August 2016

  • Screengrab of 'Fear in Rio's favelas: 'My ears are used to the gunshots' – video'

    Fear in Rio's favelas: 'My ears are used to the gunshots' – video

    Three favela residents describe daily life in the buildup to the Olympics

2 August 2016

  • The Mare favela. Mare is located close to Rio’s international airport and has been mentioned as a pacification Likely target for the police amid the city’s efforts to Improve security ahead 2016 Olympic Games.

    ‘The only Olympic legacy I see is repression and war’ – a year in Rio’s favelas

  • Anúncios para os Jogos Olímpicos Rio 2016 no muro que separa o Conjunto de favelas da Maré da via Linha Vermelha que liga o aeroporto Galeão com o centro do Rio

    Jogos Olímpicos do Rio: A vista das favelas – 'O silêncio, às vezes, não significa paz'

    Thaís Cavalcante na Maré
  • Residents wait for a firefight to stop before walking to their homes during a police operation at Rocinha slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, May 20, 2016. A heavy firefight between law enforcement and drug trafficking gangs raged for hours in Rio de Janeiro's largest slum, sowing panic among residents. Rocinha is among Rio's so-called pacified slums, with a police presence.

    Jogos Olímpicos do Rio: A visão das favelas – 'A violência é empurrada às áreas mais pobres'

    Michel Silva na Rocinha
  • Um policial caminha residentes passado durante um confronto com traficantes de drogas, no Complexo do Alemão, Rio de Janeiro.

    Jogos Olímpicos do Rio: A visão das favelas – 'Porque de legado, eu só vejo repressão'

    Daiene Mendes no Alemao

  • Rio Olympics: view from the favelas – 'Overpriced public works leave a bitter taste'

    Michel Silva in Rocinha

  • Rio Olympics: view from the favelas – 'Going out to buy bread can cost a life'

    Thaís Cavalcante in Maré

  • Rio Olympics: view from the favelas – 'I can't leave the house. The shots are too close'

    Daiene Mendes in Alemão
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