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Vale Encantado: An Emerging Example for Sustainable Communities

By Asha Nidumolu • April 27, 2015

Clique aqui para Português RioOnWatch visited Vale Encantado a few weeks ago on an educational visit with Pratt University’s urban planning graduate students. Vale Encantado is part of Alto Da Boa Vista, a region of Rio […]

Secretary of security and resident have a heated discussion.
#UPPWatch

Forum Opens Tense, Crucial Dialogue for UPP Reform in Complexo do Alemão

By Asha Nidumolu • April 14, 2015

Clique aqui para Português Residents of Complexo do Alemão, community leaders, researchers, government officials, members of civil society and journalists came together last Thursday, April 9 to discuss recent conflicts in Complexo do Alemão and debate […]

#EvictionsWatch

Laboriaux Wins Local Actions Prize to Fund Ten Community Betterment Projects in 2015

By Sarah Jacobs • April 8, 2015

Clique aqui para Português A community group based in the neighborhood of Vila Laboriaux, Rocinha, won a prize awarded by the same government that once called for the removal of the community. Movimento Preserva Laboriaux (Movement […]

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Vidigal Launches Series of 75th Birthday Celebrations

By Iman Ahmed • Translation by Cara D’Rosario • March 31, 2015

Clique aqui para Português On March 14 the main square of Vidigal was taken over in festivities. Seniors and young people got together to enjoy the day and celebrate 75 years of Vidigal. The celebration lasted the full […]

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Hundred-Year-Old Eco-Community of Vale Encantado at Risk of Removal

By Lucas Gayoso • Translation by Sarah Jacobs • March 29, 2015

For the original in Portuguese by Lucas Gayoso, published in O Dia, click here. Vale Encantado is at risk of removal, due to legal action that has been going on for ten years. RIO-In Alto da Boa […]

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