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Eviction in Santa Marta: Residents at the Summit Organize and Resist

By Itamar Silva • Translation by Sarah De Rose • August 7, 2012

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Francisco Valdean in Portuguese published by O Cotidiano click here. On July 25th, residents living at the summit of the Santa Marta favela, known as “Pico do Morro” […]

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Vila Autódromo Creates Upgrading Plan in Fight Against Olympic Eviction

By Felicity Clarke • July 26, 2012

“Many people see the end of us, but I see the start,” said Inalva Mendes Brito, a Vila Autódromo resident at last weekend’s meeting in the community’s quad. In their fight against eviction, the community […]

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Housing, Employment and Mobility: ‘My House, My Life’ Housing Placement in Rio

By Antônio Augusto Veríssimo • Translation by Sarah De Rose • July 12, 2012

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Antônio Augusto Veríssimo in Portuguese published by Raquel Rolnik’s blog click here. I share here an excerpt from an article written by the urban architect Antônio Augusto Veríssimo […]

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Favela do Metrô Terrorized through Drawn-out Eviction

By Felicity Clarke • May 9, 2012

RioOnWatch was the first news site to report on the brutal Favela do Metrô eviction back in November 2010. A year and a half later we revisit the scene to see how residents have faired. […]

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9 Months Post Eviction: 3 Households Left Unsettled [VIDEO]

By Mary Allison Joseph • February 29, 2012

Clique aqui para Português Nine months after eviction by Rio’s city government, Carlos Machado Lopes and his family–his elderly mother (Jacy), brother (Edmilsom) and sister-in-law (Vanessa)–still do not have homes. Their home in Campinho was […]

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