Clique aqui para Português This is Part 2 of the Building the Favela series, a collection of stories of how people build their homes. The informality of Rio’s favelas means residents use their creativity and own know-how to build almost every […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Adéle Smith in French published by Le Monde click here. It was too good to be true. When Isabella Ribeiro received the keys to an elegant two-room apartment […]
Clique aqui para Português On August 31, the Rio de Janeiro Public Defenders Office held a public hearing for residents of the Complexo do Alemão, Jacarezinho, Manguinhos and Caju favelas, all in the North Zone, to voice their […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Orlando Alves dos Santos Junior in Portuguese published by Le Monde Diplomatique Brasil click here. The institutional political coup that resulted in the illegitimate ousting of President Dilma Rousseff […]
Clique aqui para Português Housing rights groups had hoped that the arrival of the Olympic Games would bring an end to the painful and extraordinary period of forced evictions Rio has experienced since the city was selected […]