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Favela CLT Workshops, Part 2: Legislative Workshop, Debating a CLT Law in Brazil

By Priscilla Mayrink, Tyler Strobl • Translation by Habib Msallem • December 3, 2018

Clique aqui para Português In Rio de Janeiro, from August 23 to 27, 2018, Catalytic Communities* (CatComm) organized a series of workshops on Community Land Trusts (CLTs), together with a special delegation from the Caño Martín Peña CLT based in San […]

#ParticipationWatch

‘Good Citizens’ Want Police to Shoot to Kill, Says Rio Governor-Elect Wilson Witzel [INTERVIEW]

By Gabriela Goulart, Luiz Ernesto Magalhães, Selma Schmidt • Translation by Jiselle Steele • November 27, 2018

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Gabriela Goulart, Luiz Ernesto Magalhães, and Selma Schmidt published by O Globo click here. The server will be monitored. The warning is from Rio de Janeiro […]

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Acts of Resistance, Part 1: Dictatorship in Democracy—Military Intervention in Rio Brings Increase in Favela Exterminations

By Gizele Martins, Jessica Santos • November 19, 2018

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese published by the Institute of Alternative Policies for the Southern Cone (PACS) on Medium, click here. Reporting by Gizele Martins and Jessica Santos in partnership with the […]

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Andrezza, Affirmative Action Beneficiary and Education Advocate from Rio’s Maré Favelas [PROFILE]

By Mareen Butter • Translation by Rachel Fox • November 17, 2018

Clique aqui para Português A resident of the Maré favela complex and graduate in Advertising from the Federal Fluminense University (UFF), at 23, Andrezza Francisco Paulo has already had a number of intense life experiences. In […]

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Unified Health System Workers Warn: ‘Guaranteed Rights Cannot Be Bought or Sold’

By Renata Queiroz Ramos • Translation by Sharon Gogar • November 5, 2018

Clique aqui para Português  On October 23, workers from various healthcare sectors—especially primary care providers, who are responsible for community-based prevention and health promotion initiatives—gathered in front of Rio de Janeiro’s City Hall at the […]

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