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The View from the Favelas on Recent Protests

By Fernando Caulyt, Renata Malkes • Translation by Sarah Jacobs • March 19, 2016

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Renata Malkes and Fernando Caulyt in Portuguese published in DW Brasil click here. Residents of a favela in Copacabana in Rio’s South Zone don’t hide the extent of […]

#EvictionsWatch

A Tale of Two Plans: A Critique of Mayor Paes’ Plan for Vila Autódromo

By Cerianne Robertson, Stephanie Reist • March 17, 2016

Clique aqui para Português On Tuesday, March 8, Mayor Eduardo Paes finally released his plan for the community of Vila Autódromo, adjacent to the Olympic Park. The absence of a public City plan until that point […]

#CommunityMedia

GatoMÍDIA Host Favelado 2.0 Media and Technology Residency in Complexo do Alemão

By Felicity Clarke • March 17, 2016

Clique aqui para Português From March 1 to 12, Complexo do Alemão media collective GatoMÍDIA hosted an intensive media and technology residency to empower favela youth to make their own culture and “build hacks for the future.” […]

#GentrificationWatch

Vito Giannotti Occupation Continues Renovating and Plans to Develop Housing in the Port Region

By David Robertson • March 14, 2016

Clique aqui para Português On Sunday March 6, residents and social movement leaders at the Vito Giannotti Occupation in Santo Cristo in Rio’s Port Region held the third mutirão event to renovate the occupation space. Mutirão translates loosely to ‘collective […]

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‘A Park to Call Our Own’ Parque Madureira Becomes a Center for Organizing in the North Zone

By Priscila Rodrigues • Translation by Rachel Fox • March 2, 2016

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Priscila Rodrigues in Portuguese published by Observatório de Favelas click here. “I have to go into the city.” It might sound strange to those who have always lived […]

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