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Peace, Pacification and UPPs in the Favelas [IMAGES]

By Luiz Baltar • Translation by Jake Cummings, Tom Winterbottom • March 31, 2014

Clique aqui para Português I have never accepted the term “pacification,” adopted as a slogan by the government and repeated all over the media. By consensus, peace is a desired state of mind and something […]

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Vila Autódromo Public Defenders Publish Letter in Response to Recent Events

By Adriana Magalhães Bevilaqua, Gabriela Varsano Cherem, Maria Lúcia de Pontes • Translation by Benjamin Parkin, Kate Steiker-Ginzberg • March 28, 2014

Clique aqui para Português Following the events of this week in which the injunction preventing demolitions in Vila Autódromo was overturned by leaders of the Public Defenders’ Office, the public defenders from the Housing and […]

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Injunction Stopping Demolitions in Vila Autódromo Overturned

By Kate Steiker-Ginzberg • March 27, 2014

Clique aqui para Português The injunction preventing further demolitions in Vila Autódromo has been overturned. On Tuesday March 25, the head of the Rio State Public Defenders’ Office, whose Housing and Lands Office (NUTH) legally […]

#GentrificationWatch

Vidigal Debates Gentrification in First ‘Fala Vidigal’ Event

By Alika Nileshwar • Translation by Alika Nileshwar • March 26, 2014

Clique aqui para Português On Tuesday, March 18, the Vidigal Residents Association, Intersectoral Forum of Vidigal, Albergue da Comunidade, and Catalytic Communities held the first of four debates discussing the process of gentrification underway in the community. As prices continue […]

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Resistance Continues Following First Demolitions in Vila Autódromo

By Benjamin Parkin, Kate Steiker-Ginzberg • March 25, 2014

Clique aqui para Português On Saturday, March 22, Vila Autódromo experienced what witnesses refer to as the City’s “divide and conquer” strategy: coercive tactics designed to create discord in the community. An injunction filed by […]

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