Archive for June, 2011
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Port Revitalization Targets Brazil’s First Favela
Jun 23rd
On Friday June 10th, the UPP (Pacifying Policy Unit) Social [program] hosted a public meeting on Praça Américo Brum in the historic neighborhood of Morro da Providência. Home to over 5,500 residents in 1,720 households, Morro da Providência is recognized as the first favela in Brazil–approximately 110 years old–and is also located within the site of the country’s first public-private partnership (PPP) for urban revitalization — the project called Porto Maravilha (“Marvellous Port”). In November 2010, The Porto Novo Consortium was formed when Odebrecht Infraestrutura, OAS, and Carioca Engenharia, together with the Rio de Janeiro City Government, signed a R$7.6 More >
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International Competition Launched for 2016 Rio Olympic Park
Jun 21st
The City of Rio is determined to capitalize on the opportunity to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2016. It aims to deliver one of the most memorable and picturesque Games ever … (Ville de Rio de Janeiro et COB, Annexe II, p. 2)
On May 3rd, 2011, the City of Rio de Janeiro, in conjunction with the Brazilian Olympic Committee (NOC), launched an international competition for the best Olympic Park project, to be constructed on the shore of the Jacarepaguá Lagoon in Barra da Tijuca. The city had already attempted to grant this contract to private companies in December 2010, without More >
Forced Evictions in the South Zone
Jun 17th
Officials from City Government and the Justice Department showed up at Ricelia Fernandes’ home in Pavão/Pavãozinho, a community in Copacabana, the heart of the South Zone, last Friday June 10th, 2011, at 5pm with a message: she needed to turn over her business for demolition. They had come by the previous Tuesday with no official documentation but returned Friday with the paperwork, still giving no notice of when eviction would happen. “I asked if I would receive compensation,” says Ricelia. The answer: “None.”
The following Tuesday morning, City and Justice officials arrived with a slew of police officers (around 15) from More >
The Square is Ours
Jun 17th
An abandoned square has become famous! A place for entertainment, inhabited by the homeless, street vendors, and pagode-lovers alike, this square’s existence is now being threatened by new construction. The Carlos Gianelle Square, located in Alcântara, one of the most populated neighborhoods of Sao Gonçalo in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region, was sold by Mayor Aparecida Panisset for the meager sum of R$150,000 (approximately US$93,000). A shopping mall, connected to a nearby bus terminal, is scheduled to be erected in the square’s place. On May 12th, 2011, neighborhood residents took to the streets surrounding the square for a protest.
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Jane’s Awakening
Jun 10th
Imagine yourself seated, somewhat drowsy, in front of the television. All of a sudden, you’re awakened by a news broadcast, given loudly and clearly by Mayor Eduardo Paes, that the community in which you have lived for 40 years is going to be removed. On Friday, October 9th, 2009, this was exactly what happened to the artisan Jane Nascimento de Oliveira, a 54 year-old resident of Vila Autódromo, in Jacarapagua, in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro. On this day, the president of the International Olympic Committee, Beligan Jacques Rogge, announced to the world that Rio de Janeiro had More >
