With elections approaching in Rio de Janeiro, political campaigns have a presence on every street corner, television, and billboard. But the complicated political system in Rio, and some of the implications of this system, go […]
Clique aqui para Português This is Part 1 of a three-part series on the History of Favela Upgrades in Rio. Click for Part 2 and Part 3. Housing rights activists today defend the practice of on-site upgrading of […]
Clique aqui para Português View original article in Portuguese here. Article by Raquel Rolnik, Special Rapporteur to the UN on Adequate Housing. Researchers from IPEA, the Institute for Applied Economic Research, recently published a study that suggests that […]
Clique aqui para Português For 12 years, Dona Rita Maria Barbosa, 56, kept an organic garden supplying her local community in Colônia Juliano Moreira (in Jacarepaguá, West Zone) with fresh fruit and vegetables and teaching […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese click here S.O.S. PROVIDÊNCIA Did you know the oldest favela in Brazil is being destroyed? Since 2009, Rio’s Port Region has been transformed into a […]