Clique aqui para Português Around 400 people were removed from the State Water and Sewerage Company (CEDAE) building in Santo Cristo on Wednesday March 25. The occupants had been living in the building for 15 days. According […]
With 500 days to go until the start of the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games, residents of Vila Autódromo took to the street to protest against the City’s latest decree of eminent domain to list […]
April 2, 2015–At least four people were shot dead and two others injured in Complexo do Alemão on April 1 during intense shootouts that started in the afternoon and progressed into the night. A child was then […]
For the original in Portuguese by Betinho Casas Novas, published in Voz das Comunidades, click here. Pacifying Police Unit (UPP) officers from Complexo do Alemão arrived to assist Vanessa, but she did not survive the injuries. Just 38 […]
Clique aqui para Português On Friday March 20 the city of Rio de Janeiro marked 58 families for eviction from their homes in Vila Autódromo, a community that has been torn apart due to its location adjacent to the 2016 Olympic […]