Global Voices Online

The blog War in Rio, o Jogo [pt], which defines itself as “a manifest game and a bad taste joke”, has been quickly gaining popularity. Inspired by Wargaming, the idea behind the project is to use humor to generate a debate about the situation in Rio de Janeiro: “While politicians deliver speech to a disinterested middle class, the extermination squads, paramilitary groups, police and drug traffickers dispute over control of the capital”.