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Truculent Olympics
Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Raquel Rolnik in Portuguese published on her blog click here. Within the past week, the Olympic plan for the city of Rio de Janeiro has revealed a […]
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A Walk Through Vila das Torres – Part 1
Vila das Torres (Towers Village) is a community of about a thousand homes and small businesses in Madureira, a neighborhood in Rio’s north zone. The community stretches down one street, Rua Dr. Cincinato Lopes (though […]
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Media Presence Halts Demolitions in Vila Taboinha
The morning of November 12th, 2010 – Despite a concerted resistance effort by residents of Vila Taboinha and frantic action by community groups and the public defenders earlier in the week, a bulldozer, supported by […]
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The Media Role in the Removal of Vila Taboinha
This past week, residents of the community of Vila Taboinha, in the far West Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, were faced with their forced eviction and successfully resisted. Residents settled in the […]
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Evictions at Favela do Metrô Clear the Way for World Cup Parking
Clique aqui para Português 4th November 2010–This week residents of Favela do Metrô-Mangueira, close to Maracanã football stadium, awoke to the arrival of removal personnel and demolition crews from the Prefeitura of Rio de Janeiro, […]