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Community Journalist Gizele Martins Discusses Her Profession [INTERVIEW]

By Fernanda Távora • Translation by Desirée Poets • November 11, 2017

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Fernanda Távora published by data_labe click here. This interview is part of the first episode of the data_labe podcast, #datalábia. In the episode, we […]

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Experts Debate the Future of Transport in Rio’s Metropolitan Region

By Lucas Smolcic Larson • November 9, 2017

Clique aqui para Português The Rio de Janeiro known internationally—the South Zone neighborhoods of Copacabana, Ipanema, and Leblon and the historic center of the city—make up a tiny fraction of the Greater Rio Metropolitan Region. […]

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The Results Are In: Costly Mega-Event Transport Projects Did Not Expand Mobility, Address Inequalities

By Cerianne Robertson • November 9, 2017

Clique aqui para Português “The city’s decision to bid to host the 2016 Games was made based on a long-term vision: to grasp the opportunity that a successful bid would offer to transform Rio into […]

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African Refugees Relay Their Struggle for Survival in Duque de Caxias

By Fabio Leon • Translation by Lee Weingast • November 7, 2017

Clique aqui para Português Mariza Reis Almeida had already worked for the Duque de Caxias Municipal Education Secretariat in Greater Rio de Janeiro’s Baixada Fluminense region for ten years when she finally received the news she […]

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Rio de Janeiro Mayor Crivella’s Strategic Plan Heavily Criticized in Wide Ranging Civil Society Debate

By Priscilla Mayrink • Translation by Melinda Gurr • November 6, 2017

Clique aqui para Português A series of public forums on the metropolis of Rio de Janeiro continued on October 23 with its second installment, titled “Rio’s Strategic Plan: Urban Entrepreneurship and the Institutional Fragmentation of […]

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