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1000 Rio das Pedras Residents Take Over Cinelândia and Stand Up to Eviction at City Council Hearing

By Tyler Strobl • October 9, 2017

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 […]

Canal do Cunha in Manguinhos. Photo from Facebook page of Observatório da Sub-bacia Hidrográfica do Canal do Cunha
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Rio de Janeiro North Zone Socio-Environmental Groups Launch Film ‘Is it a River or Sewage Ditch?’

By Ava Rose Hoffman • October 8, 2017

Clique aqui para Português On October 3, the short educational film Is it a River or Sewage Ditch? was launched on the campus of public health institute Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) in Manguinhos. The film […]

#EvictionsWatch

Maracajás Road Residents Peacefully Resist Eviction with First Protest

By Tyler Strobl • October 6, 2017

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 […]

#EvictionsWatch

Popular Council Delivers Declaration Demanding Changes to Rio Mayor’s Strategic Plan

By Luisa Fenizola • Translation by Sharonya Vadakattu • October 5, 2017

Clique aqui para Português The Popular Council, composed of residents of diverse favelas across Rio de Janeiro together with the Catholic Church’s Pastoral das Favelas and the Land and Housing Nucleus (NUTH) of the Public Defender’s […]

#UPPWatch

The Army Serves For Everything, Except To Protect Those Who Live In Rocinha

By Geovani Martins • Translation by Sharonya Vadakattu • October 4, 2017

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Geovani Martins published in Folha de São Paulo click here. RioOnWatch Editor’s note: On Sunday, September 17, shootouts between drug traffickers broke out in Rocinha, […]

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