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Morro do Tuiuti: The Hill that Tells the Story of Rio

By Matthew Richmond • August 15, 2013

Clique aqui para Português If hills could speak, Morro do Tuiuti (Tuiuti Hill) would have a lot to say. It has borne witness to many of Rio de Janeiro’s key physical and social transformations over […]

#EvictionsWatch

Victory for Vila Autódromo! Rio’s Mayor Commits to Permanence, Urbanization, and Fair Compensation

By RioOnWatch writers • August 9, 2013

Clique aqui para Português  August 9, 2013–In a meeting today, the second in one week with residents and supporters of the community, Mayor Eduardo Paes agreed to the permanence of Vila Autódromo, a favela that […]

#EvictionsWatch

The Port’s Discontents

By Claudia Antunes • Translation by Harriet Batey, Jake Cummings, Jason Yu, Jez Smadja, Katy Stone, Luana Gama, Rachel Fox • May 27, 2013

For the original article by Claudia Antunes in Portuguese published in Piauí click here (subscribers only).  An account of the residents’ movement in Rio de Janeiro’s first favela in an era of sporting mega-events and political […]

#EvictionsWatch

Evictions, Gentrification & Displacement: Three Short Docs on the Forces Shaping Rio Today [VIDEOS]

By Felicity Clarke • Translation by Laura Ribeiro Rodrigues Pereira, Sarah De Rose • May 9, 2013

Clique aqui para Português Right now in Rio, favela residents across the city are being forced out of their homes and communities. Tens of thousands of families are having to leave their self-built homes, often […]

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“My House” in the Land of the Interest-free Car

By Sérgio Magalhães • Translation by Rachel Fox • April 29, 2013

For the original article in Portuguese by Sérgio Magalhães* in O Globo, click here. Troubled by the quality of construction of projects in the Minha Casa Minha Vida (MCMV, or My House My Life federal […]

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