Clique aqui para Português Rio de Janeiro’s City Council building was packed on Friday, October 6 as politicians and residents discussed Mayor Crivella’s plan to rebuild the community of Rio das Pedras, in the West […]
Clique aqui para Português Approximately 50 people protested in solidarity with the residents of Maracajás Road this Wednesday, October 4. The families living on Maracajás Road, Galeão, on Ilha do Governador have recently organized against […]
Clique aqui para Português Orlando “Folha Seca” (Dry Leaf) Pereira da Silva, the first gardener to be formally employed by Rio de Janeiro’s Botanical Gardens, died on June 1 at the age of one hundred. […]
Clique aqui para Português As night fell on Wednesday, September 13, residents of the Horto community in Rio’s South Zone met at an urgent meeting to discuss new circumstances in their ongoing fight against eviction. Community leaders from […]
Clique aqui para Português The recent reconfiguration of Rio de Janeiro into an Olympic city directly compromised its inhabitants’ housing rights through the forced removals of low-income residents who lived in areas subject to real […]