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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, […]

by Tyler Strobl
#EvictionsWatch

Military Gives Community on Ilha do Governador 30 Days to Destroy Their Homes and Leave

By Tyler Strobl • October 3, 2017

Clique aqui para Português Last Saturday, as a light rain fell over the city of Rio de Janeiro, the families living on Maracajás Road, Galeão on Ilha do Governador met to tell their stories and organize […]

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Racism Keeps Getting Worse, All in the Name of Defending Capital

By Thainã de Medeiros • Translation by Sarah Jacobs • October 2, 2017

Clique aqui para Português The scene was Rio de Janeiro, the month was July and Black July was underway—an event that held meetings across the city to discuss racism in its different forms. Meanwhile, in […]

#HousingWatch

The Avoidance of Popular and Favela Participation in Rio’s Strategic Planning

By Luisa Fenizola • Translation by Sharonya Vadakattu • September 30, 2017

Clique aqui para Português The Organic Law of Rio de Janeiro requires the municipal administration to develop a Strategic Plan for its term in power, and furthermore, to promote a consultation process with the population’s […]

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