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Complexo do Alemão Residents Highlight Rio Government’s Broken Promises of Housing in Favela da Skol

By Sarah Jacobs • June 2, 2015

Victims of the City government’s broken promises of housing in Complexo do Alemão spoke out at an event held in the community by Rio de Janeiro’s Public Defender’s Office on Saturday May 23. The Public Defender’s Office exists […]

#EvictionsWatch

Despite Millions Paid Out in Compensation, The City Can’t Get Rid of Vila Autódromo

By Ruben Berta • Translation by Wendy Turner • May 31, 2015

For the original in Portuguese by Ruben Berta, published in O Globo, click here.  Surrounded by rubble, approximately 170 families are still living in the community neighboring the Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca. RIO–The story of […]

The City is demolishing properties in Favela do Metro. Photo: Caio Cezar de Oliveira
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Workers and Shop Owners in Favela do Metrô Evicted Without Warning Next to Olympics Stadium

By Nicole Froio • May 29, 2015

Clique aqui para Português Various waves of residents of Favela Metrô-Mangueira, in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, have been fighting forced evictions since November 2010. The most recent eviction episode began Wednesday May […]

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Two Centuries of Conning the ‘British’: The History of the Expression ‘É Para Inglês Ver,’ or ‘It’s for the English to See’ and Its Modern Offshoots

By Patrick Ashcroft • May 28, 2015

Clique aqui para Português  In 1807, the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed an act abolishing the international traffic of enslaved people within the British Empire. Much of the pressure to pass the act had come […]

Protest to avoid the eviction of Museu da Maré. Photo: Fernando Frazão
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Museu da Maré Celebrates Nine Years While Facing Threats of Eviction

By Miriane Peregrino • Translation by Arianne Reis • May 26, 2015

For the original in Portuguese, by Miriane da Costa Peregrino, published in Vozes das Comunidades, click here. Faced with threats of eviction, residents speak out in defense of the museum Museu da Maré celebrated nine years on Friday […]

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