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Prior to Elections, Rio de Janeiro State Legislature Revives ‘Wild West Bonus’ and Elects Its Author Chair of Human Rights Commission

By Carla Regina • Translation by Ikrom Alajoulin • August 31, 2026

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series on the 2026 Brazilian elections, focusing on the perspectives of Greater Rio’s favelas. Whether in 1995 or 2025: The ‘Wild West Bonus’ Is an […]

#HousingWatch

Housing at the Center: What the World Urban Forum Teaches Us About Urgency, Climate and Invisibility [OPINION]

By Camila Jordan • Translation by Sylvia Schiller • June 29, 2026

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Camila Jordan published in Observatório do Terceiro Setor, click here. In May of this year, Baku, Azerbaijan, hosted the 13th World Urban Forum—the largest global event […]

John Mussington speaks at an exchange between Rio leaders and global CLT and land practitioners in Raízes do Brasil. Photo: Barbara Dias
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‘We Belong to the Land’: An Interview With John Mussington on the Urgency of Learning from Barbuda’s Communal Land System [VIDEO]

By Marj Osagie • May 27, 2026

 Clique aqui para Português In April 2026, Barbudan environmentalist, community leader and activist John Mussington visited Rio de Janeiro for the 2026 Global Community Land Trust Peer Exchange organized by Brazil’s Favela Community Land […]

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There’s Blood in the Palmeiras Favela: The Cry for Help Police Chose Not to Hear in São Gonçalo’s Salgueiro Favela Complex

By Margarida Martins • Translation by Sia Kulkarni • April 10, 2026

Clique aqui para Português The Palmeiras community, in Complexo do Salgueiro, a cluster of favelas in the Greater Rio municipality of São Gonçalo, became the scene of a crime that exposes the brutal face of […]

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Youth at the Center of Climate Decisions: During COP30, Children’s Summit Highlights ‘It’s Children Who Feel It Most!’

By Bárbara Dias • Translation by Vasti Cruz • December 10, 2025

Clique aqui para Português Youth are increasingly present at United Nations Climate Change Conferences (COPs), whether at the official event, where governmental climate negotiations take place, or in parallel spaces organized by civil society, which […]

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