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The Port, Gateway to Rio, Part 1: The Historic Whitening

By Eduarda Araujo • Translation by Elizabeth Gladding • January 12, 2015

Clique aqui para Português This is the first of a two-part series on Rio de Janeiro’s Port Zone. “The Port Zone will be the gateway to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics:” Since the port revitalization projects […]

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Occupation in São Gonçalo Gathers 1,400 People in Four Days

By Henrique Coelho • Translation by Amanda Bradshaw • November 10, 2014

For the original by Henrique Coelho in Portuguese, published in G1, click here. On Tuesday November 4, more than 350 families completed their fourth day of occupation of a 60,000m² area in São Gonçalo, located in the […]

Manoel Congo occupation celebrates seven years
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Manoel Congo Occupation Celebrates 7th Anniversary

By Francis Torres • November 8, 2014

Clique aqui para Português Activists, students and community members gathered last Sunday November 2 at Rua Alcindo Guanabara in Cinelândia, Central Rio, to celebrate the 7th anniversary of the Manoel Congo occupation. Organized and led […]

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Vila União de Curicica Marches Against BRT TransOlímpica Evictions

By Ian Waldron • October 1, 2014

Clique aqui para Português The first major act of resistance by Vila União de Curicica, a community that lies on the path of the TransOlimpica Bus Rapid Transit line, took place on Saturday September 27. Originally marked to receive […]

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Arts, Culture & Integration at Hanging Garden Festival in Babilônia

By Ed Bentsi-Enchill • August 28, 2014

On Saturday August 23 over 4000 revelers gathered at the top of Morro da Babilônia in Rio’s South Zone for the Hanging Garden festival, an annual celebration which aims to promote the dissemination of inclusive arts and culture. […]

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