Although the Olympics are long gone in Rio, a legacy remains of incomplete infrastructure, evicted residents’ struggle for fair compensation, and the aftermath of displacement. The Games move on to increasing opposition in future host cities, both committed and […]
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. […]
Clique aqui para Português Although Bárbara Nascimento is a friend and co-organizer with André Gosi in Vidigal, a South Zone favela which has experienced significant gentrification in recent years, “no one has the slightest idea” about […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Anne Vigna in Portuguese published in Agência Pública click here. Labeled ‘invaders,’ 2000 people that live in Horto Florestal are threatened with eviction after the Botanical Gardens took control of the […]
Clique aqui para Português In 1996, Merced Guimarães and her husband Petrucio made a chilling discovery in their new home during an extensive renovation project: workers excavating in the soil beneath their house in the […]