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Month: October 2013

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Rio’s City Hall Forges Resident Protest to Remove Vila Autódromo

By Comitê Popular do Rio • Translation by Emma Platais • October 31, 2013

For the original in Portuguese by the Rio Popular Committee for the World Cup and Olympics click here.  A protest of about 20 people on the doorstep of Rio’s City Hall on Wednesday October 30 […]

by International Observers

Elderly Care and Recognition at Casa de Santa Ana in City of God

By Courtney Allen Crumpler • October 30, 2013

Clique aqui para Português On October 1, Brazil celebrated the 10th anniversary of the passage of its Statute of the Elderly, a landmark piece of legislation that consolidates basic rights for Brazilian citizens over the […]

#GentrificationWatch

The ‘Area of Risk’ Justification for Favela Removals: The Case of Santa Marta

By Charles Heck • October 29, 2013

Clique aqui para Português Favela removals and home demolitions have become controversial elements of urban investment in Rio de Janeiro leading up to the World Cup 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games. Activists in several favelas […]

by International Observers

Community Leaders Reflect on a Decade of Bolsa Família

By Annie Austin • October 25, 2013

In 2003, President Luiz Ignacio “Lula” da Silva launched the Bolsa Família program to promote social progress for impoverished families. This and other programs were implemented in an effort to decrease Brazil’s infamously high inequality. […]

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What is the Role of a Neighborhood Association?

By Sílvia Noronha • Translation by Kayla Boisvert • October 21, 2013

Clique aqui para Português For the original by Sílvia Noronha in Portuguese in Maré de Notícias click here. The precariousness of public services in Maré sets the tone of the functions carried out by the neighborhood […]

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