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Bicentennial Horto Favela Doubles Down Resistance to Eviction as One Family Receives Notice

By Laura Bachmann • October 21, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Residents of the lush and peaceful Horto favela in the South Zone neighborhood of Jardim Botânico are organizing resistance efforts in response to a decision by the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) authorizing […]

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Residents of the Tijuca Forest National Park Left without Electricity

By Lisa Hollenbach • October 15, 2016

Clique aqui para Português When Eunice do Nascimento Rosa, 56, came home from work some weeks ago at night, she almost stepped on a snake lying on the floor of her home. She only managed to […]

View of Rio's South Zone from favela Pereira da Silva
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Brazil’s Critique of the Habitat III ‘Zero Draft’ of The New Urban Agenda

By David Robertson • October 12, 2016

Clique aqui para Português The New Urban Agenda is responsible for establishing the policy frameworks that will guide the governance of the world’s cities for the coming 20 years. After the release of the New Urban […]

Resident Camila Santos stands in front of the remains of Favela da Skol.
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Favela da Skol Residents Suffer Violent Evictions by Police in Complexo do Alemão

By Ciara Long • October 7, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Homes belonging to approximately 200 families were destroyed by Rio’s state government last weekend, after residents were forcibly removed from a small favela in Complexo do Alemão. At 11am on Saturday […]

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Cultural Occupation in Vila Autódromo: Community Celebration of Memory, Resistance and Hope

By Nour El-Youssef • September 30, 2016

Clique aqui para Português On Sunday, September 25, the Vila Autódromo community organized yet another occupation event entitled Ocupa Vila Autódromo celebrating resistance, memory and hope. Located on the edge of the Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca […]

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