1960s
1967 – Construction of homes begins
1990s
1992 – Struggle against eviction begins
1993 – Court battles over removals begin
1994 – Residents are granted 99 year titles to land
2000s
2005 – Community is declared Special Zone of Social Interest
October 2, 2009 – Rio is awarded the 2016 Olympics and original plans maintain Vila Autódromo
2010
February 10, 2010 – Protest against city-wide evictions
March 3, 2010 – Residents meet Mayor and propose plan for remaining
March 11, 2010 – Rock in Rio site construction begins in “Protected Area” that includes Vila Autódromo
2011
February 27, 2011 – Court authorizes demolitions of some homes
May 3, 2011 – Competition to design Olympic Park begins
August 22, 2011 – Winning Olympic park design maintains Vila Autódromo
MEDIA: December 7, 2011 – RioOnWatch video coverage of City actions in Vila Autódromo
2012
January 2012 – Judge suspends private bids for Olympic Park
MEDIA: March 4, 2012 – The New York Times coverage
June 6, 2012 – 4,000-strong protest in Vila Autódromo
July 26, 2012 – People’s Plan created
August 16, 2012 – Residents present People’s Plan to Mayor
November 8, 2012 – Public meeting about BRT highways planned for Vila Autódromo area
2013
March 4, 2013 – City employees go door to door to convince residents to leave
March 5, 2013 – Evictions discussion with threatened communities across Rio
MEDIA: April 2013 – MIT report ‘Displacement Decathlon’
May 15, 2013 – 2013 Popular Committee Human Rights dossier is launched
June 5, 2013 – Vila Autódromo team participates in Evictions Cup
June 24 (week of), 2013 – 5 homes marked for removal
June 28, 2013 – Confrontation between residents and city officials
June 30, 2013 – Protest against evictions in Rio
July 17, 2013 – Vila Autódromo and Horto team up for anti-evictions vigil
July 20 2013 – Vila Autódromo residents organize a march [see photos]
August 9, 2013 – Mayor agrees to permanence of Vila Autódromo
MEDIA: August 13, 2013 – The Rio Times coverage
September 27, 2013 – Communities threatened with evictions discuss strategies
October 2, 2013 – Residents prepare for meeting with Mayor
October 6, 2013 – Mayor meets some residents; other residents insist on attending [see photos]
October 30, 2013 – City forges protest with 20 residents who want to leave
November 7, 2013 – 100 residents protest removal tactics and forged protest
December 2013 – People’s Plan wins Deutsche Bank Urban Age Award
December 3, 2013 – Public hearing on Rio removals
2014
March 19, 2014 – Mayor states no families will be forced to leave and residents demand release of plans for proposed roads
March 21, 2014 – Demolitions are temporarily suspended
March 22, 2014 – City pits residents against each other
March 25, 2014 – Injunction preventing demolitions is overturned
March 26, 2014 – Five families sign contracts to leave and their homes are demolished [see photos]
April 28, 2014 – Mayor: residents who want to stay can stay but majority “want” to leave
May 2014 – 187 families confirm they want to stay
June 15, 2014 – 2014 Popular Committee Human Rights dossier is launched
September 24, 2014 – Residents hold solidarity and protest breakfast
November 7, 2014 – Vila Autódromo residents share experiences at dossier launch
November 2014 – Vila Autódromo documentary screening
2015
March 11, 2015 – More houses demolished
March 19, 2015 – City declares eminent domain, marks 58 families for eviction
March 24, 2015 – Protest and barricade at Vila Autódromo
MEDIA: April 2, 2015 – International Business Times coverage
April 16, 2015 – Tadilmarco is told his house will be demolished imminently
MEDIA: May 14, 2015 – Globo: R$95 million has been released to compensate 116 people
May 2015 – Jane Nascimento testifies to Human Rights Commission
May 20, 2015 – Demolition of one house damages another
June 3, 2015 – Attempted demolition leaves residents injured and draws international media coverage
June 8, 2015 – Residents protest June 3 eviction attempt
August 15, 2015 – #OcupaVilaAutódromo festival and light show
August 2015 – Neighborhood Association president Altair evicted
August 2015 – Jane Nascimento is evicted
MEDIA: August 15, 2015 – BBC: Mayor says people who want stay can stay
September 12, 2015 – Presentation of aerial map of Vila Autódromo
September 17, 2015 – Heloisa Helena publishes first open letter on eviction terror
October 2, 2015 – Jane Nascimento speaks at Museu da República
October 23, 2015 – Lightning evictions include Dona Mariza’s home
MEDIA: October 25, 2015 – Globo: Mayor says people who want to stay can stay
November 9, 2015 – Jane Nascimento speaks at Getúlio Vargas Foundation
November 14-15, 2015 – Residents and supporters revitalize the community park
November 21, 2015 – Sandra Maria leads visiting groups around Vila Autódromo
November 2015 – Photographer Guilherme Imbassahy launches campaign “Evictions Have a Face”
November 28, 2015 – Residents host second Cultural Festival
December 9, 2015 – 2015 Popular Committee Human Rights dossier launched
MEDIA: December 11, 2015 – The Guardian photo coverage
December 12, 2015 – Residents plan daycare center
December 26, 2015 – Solidarity football tournament
MEDIA: December 27, 2015 – Time magazine coverage
2016
January 11, 2016 – Heloisa Helena receives death threat
January 13, 2016 – Municipal Guard builds wall dividing community
January 14, 2016 – Municipal Guard removes community barricade
January 14, 2016 – Heloisa Helena’s house is surrounded by guards and bulldozers
January 19, 2016 – Mayor says only one more family needs to go
January 21, 2016 – Shock troops enter in force
January 21, 2016 – Opening of photographer Marc Ohrem-Leclef’s Olympic Favela exhibition in Studio X
January 25, 2016 – Screening of Olympic Favela documentary in Vila Autódromo
January 27, 2016 – Protest march outside Olympic Park
February 6, 2016 – Popular Committee and Vila Autódromo residents release video defending human rights dossier
February 11, 2016 – Three homes are demolished behind Residents Association
February 12, 2016 – Mayor confirms houses isolated in Olympic Park cannot remain
Februrary 13, 2016 – A burst water pipe causes flood
February 22, 2016 – Residents put out SOS; suspension of Neighborhood Association demolition order is overturned; supporters camp overnight in Vila Autódromo
February 23, 2016 – Heloisa Helena publishes second letter on eviction struggle
February 24, 2016 – Neighborhood Association building and Heloisa Helena’s house demolished [see photos]
February 24, 2016 – Amnesty International highlights Vila Autódromo evictions as human rights abuse
February 27, 2016 – Latest version of People’s Plan is launched, along with #UrbanizaJá campaign
March 5, 2016 – Raquel Rolnik launches book in Vila Autódromo
March 5, 2016 – Former Vila Autódromo residents express discontent with Parque Carioca public housing
March 8, 2016 – International Women’s Day: Penha’s house is demolished and Penha receives award from State Assembly
March 8, 2016 – Mayor releases upgrades plan to invited press
March 15, 2016 – Residents demand Mayor presents plan to them directly
March 23, 2016 – Heloisa Helena writes letter to the UN from the US
March 26, 2016 – Poverty torch event
April 13, 2016 – Residents agree terms of upgrades with Mayor
April 19, 2016 – Residents announce plans for an Evictions Museum
April 23, 2016 – Work on Evictions Museum begins
May 11, 2016 – Heloisa Helena receives Dandara Award from State Assembly
May 18, 2016 – Evictions Museum opens
May 28, 2016 – Vila Autódromo hosts FLUPP literary festival workshop
May 28, 2016 – The Fallen Trees of Vila Autódromo and Rio Olympics Environmental Legacy
June 2016 – Construction of new homes proceeds quickly
June 25, 2016 – Traditional June festivities celebrate memory of Vila Autódromo
MEDIA: June 27, 2016 – Vox video: City of Rio’s project to hide the poor
June 2016 – Report of death of former Vila Autódromo resident in public housing project
July 5, 2016 – Maria da Penha speaks at the United Nations in Geneva
July 2016 – 10 meter banner by PUC students documenting 7 years of urban transformations displayed in Vila Autódromo
July 25, 2016 – The Fighter film launched about Naomy, child evicted
MEDIA: July 26, 2016 – HBO‘s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel features Vila Autódromo’s story
July 28, 2016 – Heloisa Helena is recognized as Front Line Defender
July 29, 2016 – Remaining 20 families receive keys to new homes
August 5, 2016 – Rio Olympics begins
MEDIA: August 11, 2016 – UOL reports on the heavy psychological cost of Olympic evictions
August 12, 2016 – Resident of last standing original home in Vila Autódromo tells foreign media of ‘terror’
August 19, 2016 – Vila Autódromo ‘occupies’ Olympic Park with celebration and protest
August 21, 2016 – Rio Olympics closing ceremony
September 15, 2016 – Olympic film featuring Vila Autódromo is launched
September 25, 2016 – Cultural occupation in Vila Autódromo celebrates memory, resistance and hope
October 6, 2016 – Vila Autódromo mother describes education from the vantage point of the community
October 17-20, 2016 – Sandra Maria represents Vila Autódromo at Habitat III conference in Ecuador
November 23-26, 2016 – Vila Autódromo participates in UrbFavelas seminar on favela upgrading
December 15, 2016 – Sandra Maria speaks on panel at ‘Favelas in the Media’ report launch
2017
March 2017 – 110 families take the City to court over just compensation
March 14, 2017 – Residents show visitors how Vila Autódromo is realizing its vocation as a model for resistance
April 2017 – Heloisa Helena gives an interview on life after eviction and her fight against religious racism
MEDIA: April 24, 2017 – Reuters publishes documentary featuring Altair entitled “One man, one city, three evictions: the human cost of Rio’s growth”
May 18, 2017 – Evictions Museum archive is transferred to Brazil’s National Historic Museum on International Museum Day
May 19-21, 2017 – Vila Autódromo’s Eviction Museum hosts a course on ‘Social Museology: Poetics and Politics in Movement, Based in Concrete Experiences’
MEDIA: July 21, 2017 – WBUR radio features Vila Autódromo one year after the Games
July 31, 2017 – Maria da Penha speaks at launch of the PACS Institute’s analysis of Olympic legacy
August 5, 2017 – ‘Favela Olímpica’ documentary about Vila Autódromo premieres
September 12, 2017 – Book release of Rio 2016: Olympic Myths, Hard Realities, on the impact of 2016 Olympic Games
MEDIA: May 24, 2018 – Catalytic Communities Executive Director Theresa Williamson interviewed by O Globo about her chapter on Vila Autódromo’s Olympic struggle
September 19, 2017 – Eviction Museum presents its strategic Museological Plan
October 8, 2017 – Jane Nascimento and Altair Guimarães speak at launch of ‘State of Exception’ documentary on evictions ahead of Rio’s mega-events
November 7, 2017 – In ‘The Future of Memory’ event, residents and allies present on artistic and urban interventions to recover and preserve memory
November 13, 2017 – Vila Autódromo joins communities across Rio to march against eviction
December 15, 2017 – ‘Occupy City Hall: Feast of the Poor’ event unites neighborhoods with past and current eviction threats
2018
March 2, 2018 – Residents of Vila Autódromo show solidarity with other communities under threat of eviction in protest outside of mayor’s office
June 30, 2018 – Residents of Vila Autódromo hold annual June festivities, celebrating hope and perseverance
August 3, 2018 – Maria da Penha participates in ‘Housing Rights and the Fight Against Evictions’ public debate at City Hall
September 23, 2018 – Evictions Museum launches walking tour to evoke memories of Olympic Evictions at 12th ‘Museum Spring’
September 27, 2018 – Maria da Penha participates in public hearing on ‘Settlements Occupying Public Land’ at Federal Public Defender’s Office
2019
February 9, 2019 – The Vila Autódromo community organizes an occupation at the BRT station to demand the City fulfill its promises
May 8, 2019 – ‘Mormaço’, a film capturing the eviction process in Vila Autódromo, premiers at the Net Rio Theater
October 7, 2019 – Vila Autódromo residents express interest in joining a Community Land Trust
2020
March 1, 2020 – Vila Autódromo residents and supporters host screening for three new films about the favela’s resistance
April 2020 – Vila Autódromo residents enter lock-down for the COVID-19 pandemic
July 27, 2020 – The Sustainable Favela Network holds a teach-in including Maria da Penha that focuses on the memory of the pandemic in favelas
2021
September 2021 – Maria da Penha joins the Sustainable Favela Network’s virtual event discussing the impact of the pandemic on favela memory
September 28, 2021 – City Council holds its first hearing on Favela Community Land Trusts
2022
July 2022 – Construction on Vila Autódromo’s community spaces re-commenced
December 16-17, 2022 – The First Festival of Social Museology praises the Evictions Museum
2023
June 17, 2023 – Maria da Penha joins the Sustainable Favela Network and Maré Museum’s favela climate memory circle
December 11, 2023 – Representatives across various favela museums, including Maria da Penha for the Evictions Museums, join a discussion with urban planners at local universities
2024
October 19, 2024 – The Sustainable Favela Network hosts first Sustainable Favela Festival with support from Vila Autódromo
2025
May 3, 2025 – The Sustainable Favela Network launches ‘Favela Climate Memory’ exhibition, featuring the Evictions Museum
May 18, 2025 – The Evictions Museum launches new walking tour
August 14, 2025 – City Council approves creation of new housing zone, once again threatening Vila Autódromo residents with gentrification pressures
November 11, 2025 – Second annual Sustainable Favela Festival launches the COP30 Letter from the World’s Informal Settlements, supported by Vila Autódromo
2026
April 11, 2026 – Women from Vila Autódromo celebrate their ten years of resistance by cleaning up unkept plots of land
May 31, 2026 – The Evictions Museum celebrates its 10 year anniversary