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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 25 May 2025
1. Various of beachgoers gathering on Ipanema beach
2. Kiosk at Ipanema beach
3. Various of people at the kiosk as music plays in the background
4. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Fábio Tomás, 46-year-old Kiosk owner:
"The ones being most affected by this (City Hall’s new rules to control beachside activities) are the musicians. They’ve just come out of a pandemic, after already taking a huge hit for two years, were barely starting to recover, and now they’re being hit again, this time affecting our musical culture."
5. Beachgoers on Ipanema
6. Photographer Yuri de Lucas at the beach
7. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Yuri de Lucas, 37-year-old photographer:
"I’m totally against music on the beach itself, but I do think kiosks can have live music, as long as it’s respectful to the residents, the hours, and the noise levels."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 23 May 2025
8. Placard reading (Portuguese) “Street vendors are workers”
9. Various of street vendor leader speaking at a meeting to discuss their rights
10. Street vendor leader Alex Alves
11. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Alex Alves, 41-year-old street vendor leader:
"He (Mayor Eduardo Paes) is doing the same thing he did during his first term, when he removed the popular kiosks and brought in companies. And now he wants to remove all the workers, artists, street vendors, the people who make a living from the beach. He wants to take everyone out. For what? To me, this looks like a path toward privatizing the beach."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 25 May 2025
12. Various of street vendors at the beach
13. Beachgoers gathering at the beach
STORYLINE:
If you have been to Rio de Janeiro’ beaches, this probably sounds familiar: samba music drifting from a nearby kiosk, caipirinha cocktails sold by hawkers, chairs sprawled across the sand.
Now that may become harder to find, unless the vendors have the right permits.
Mayor Eduardo Paes issued a decree in mid-May establishing new rules for the city’s waterfront saying he wants to preserve urban order, public safety and the environment, as well as promote peaceful relations between tourists and residents.
The new measures are due to come into force on June 1, and they outlaw food and drink sales, chair rentals, loudspeakers and even live music in kiosks without official permits.
Also, beach huts will only be allowed to have a number rather than the often-creative names many are currently known by.
Some have welcomed the move to tackle what they perceive as chaotic activity on the beach, but others say the decree threatens Rio’s dynamic beach culture and the livelihoods of many musicians and local vendors who may find it difficult or impossible to get permits.
The move to regulate music on Rio’s beachfronts has particularly struck a nerve.
"The ones being most affected by this are the musicians. They’ve just come out of a pandemic, after already taking a huge hit for two years, were barely starting to recover, and now they’re being hit again, this time affecting our musical culture" said the kiosk owner, Fábio Tomás.
The restrictions on music amounts to “silencing the soul of the waterfront. It compromises the spirit of a democratic, musical, vibrant, and authentic Rio,” Orla Rio, a concessionaire who manages more than 300 kiosks, said in a statement.
News of the decree seeking to crack down on unregistered hawkers provoked ripples of anger and fear among peddlers.
If approved, the bill will take precedence over the decree.
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