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  • [ March 16, 2026 ] Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes Sells Off Iconic Green Spaces [REFERENCE] #InterventionWatch
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Sign posted outside the acquired house lets residents know not to build in this area and marks the future width of the channel.
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An Informal Settlement in Puerto Rico Has Become the World’s First Favela Community Land Trust

By Laura Bachmann • April 28, 2017

Clique aqui para Português In San Juan, Puerto Rico, government, residents, and technical professionals created a Community Land Trust (CLT), known locally as Fideicomiso de la Tierra, to preserve and develop informal communities along the Martín Peña Canal. […]

#LegacyWatch

It’s Absurd! Cable Car Stations Will Become Police Bases? [TRANSCRIPTION]

By Raull Santiago • Translation by Juliana Ritter • April 27, 2017

Clique aqui para Português The text below is a transcription of Raull Santiago’s live broadcast on Facebook on March 29, 2017 at 12:15pm. Santiago was featured in The New York Times Magazine in 2015. Good afternoon […]

#UPPWatch

In Rio, the Police that Most Kill Are Also Those that Most Die

By Mariá Martín • Translation by Adam Lee • April 24, 2017

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Mariá Martín in Portuguese published by El País click here. Rio de Janeiro buries one police officer every other day. A report shows lack of training, corruption and precarious […]

*Highlight

The School-to-Prison Pipeline: Early Education Inequality Shapes Incarceration in US and Brazil

By Emilia Sens, Phie van Rompu • April 13, 2017

Clique aqui para Português In the United States and Brazil, two countries with deep histories of racial injustice, disparities in educational opportunities between racial minorities and white populations manifest as early as preschool. The chances […]

Luis born with microcephaly after his mother had Zika
#LegacyWatch

A Year After Pre-Olympic Zika Hysteria, Children With Microcephaly Have Been Forgotten

By Lisa Hollenbach • April 11, 2017

Clique aqui para Português When Pollyana de Oliveira, 28, gave birth to her third child, she had no idea that something might be wrong. Neither did she have any problems during her pregnancy, nor any […]

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