#GentrificationWatch

‘We’re Here Fighting for Our Agriculture’: Urban Farmers in Rio de Janeiro’s Vargens Region Resist Real Estate Speculation and Floods

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article in a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University, to produce articles for the Digital Brazil Project on water issues and the LGBTQIAPN+ […]

#ParticipationWatch

Public Fills Rio de Janeiro City Council to Demand the Community Land Trust in the City’s Master Plan and Discuss City Hall’s Exclusion of Urban Policy Instruments

Clique aqui para Português The Rio de Janeiro City Council Chambers were filled past capacity the first two Wednesdays in April as over 120 people mobilized for the right to housing. Filling both the galleries […]

#EvictionsWatch

SOS! Residents of ‘Trendy’ Vidigal Favela Once Again Threatened with Forced Evictions: Environmental Racism and State Neglect in the Face of Extreme Weather Events [IMAGES]

Clique aqui para Português On February 6, 2019, a storm fell over Rio de Janeiro in the late afternoon and lasted until dawn. According to the final report following the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) […]