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One Year to Go to the Olympics Roundup: Evictions, Gentrification, Public Security & Environment

By Nicole Froio • August 5, 2015

Clique aqui para Português Since winning the Olympic bid in 2009 and hosting the 2014 World Cup, the city of Rio de Janeiro has gone through immense urban transformations that have disrupted and changed the […]

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Health Inequalities and their Political Implications in Rio de Janeiro

By Martin Bortz • July 29, 2015

Clique aqui para Português Rio de Janeiro is known to be an unequal place. Resulting from historic inequalities and urban planning concepts dating back to the beginning of the 20th century, the city’s socioeconomic segregation is highly driven […]

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Rio, the Reluctant Metropolis: Introduction to the Baixada Fluminense, Part 2 of 2

By Stephanie Reist • July 14, 2015

Clique aqui para Português This is the second article in a series by researcher Stephanie Reist,* on Rio’s Metropolitan region. It is part 2 of 2 articles introducing the Baixada Fluminense. For part 1 on the region’s […]

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Rio, the Reluctant Metropolis: Introduction to the Baixada Fluminense Part 1 of 2

By Stephanie Reist • July 13, 2015

Clique aqui para Português This is the first article in a series by researcher Stephanie Reist,* on Rio’s metropolitan region. It is part 1 of 2 articles introducing the Baixada Fluminense. For part 2 on the region’s culture, […]

Mother and daughter in Esperança.
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The Inspiring Story of Self-, Collectively-, Women-Built Public Housing in Rio: The Esperança Condominium is Ready

By Camila Nobrega • Translation by Kayla Boisvert • July 9, 2015

Clique aqui para Português For the original in Portuguese by Camila Nobrega, published in Canal Ibase, click here.  In the doorway of one of the houses under construction in the Condomínio Esperança (Hope Condominium)—built by the housing […]

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