Stories about Brazil from August, 2016
The Refugee Olympic Team Showed They Have Plenty to Offer, in Spite of Tragic Stories
"It is this determination that they show against all odds. I love the athletes in this team as if they were my own children."
Brazil’s Highest Mountain Is Reopening for Ecotourism Guided by the Yanomami People
Closed off to tourists since 2003, the trail to Brazil's highest mountain is set to reopen in 2018, managed by the indigenous peoples themselves.
A Brazilian Judge Says a Photographer Has Himself to Blame for Getting Shot in the Eye by Police
"The decision of judge Olavo Zampol Júnior is another shameful and monstrous episode of judicial violence against the victims of military police."
Peruvian Pokémon Go Players Eager to Cover More Ground Are Hiring Motorcycle Taxi Drivers
"The rarest Pokémons are found in avenues outside downtown though, so we drive without distractions while the user catches them."
A New Digital Tool Helped Rio de Janeiro Activists Document Abuses in the Olympics
CrowdVoice.by enables activists and grassroots organizations to collaboratively curate media related to their causes.
With Brazil's ‘More Love Between Us’ Project, Women Lean On Each Other
One forward-thinking Bahia-born journalist hatches an online gift economy project with an important difference — it's exclusively for women.
Gourmet Chefs Use Olympic Seconds to Cook Up Free Meals for Rio's Poorest
With all the attention being lavished on Rio, the city's poor have been largely sidelined. But one organization is hoping to give them a bit of a leg up.
Racism Almost Made Brazil’s First 2016 Olympic Gold Medalist Quit Judo
"They said judo wasn't for me, that was a embarrassment for my family. Now I'm an Olympic champion in my own home".
In Mexico, Rio 2016 Will be Broadcast on Digital Media, Shutting Off Open TV
Mexico and Latin America will be able to follow Rio's 2016 Olympic Games on digital media -- a novelty for the region and a loss for Open TV.
There's an Official Funk Song for the Olympics, but Funk Artists in Rio Say They Face Persecution
"I think funk is repressed because it has so much potential to turn people into political actors...”