Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Anne Vigna in Portuguese published in Agência Pública click here. The law uses ‘differentiated’ treatment for mansion owners close to the Botanical Gardens—among them, current Rio Secretary of […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Anne Vigna in Portuguese published in Agência Pública click here. Labeled ‘invaders,’ 2000 people that live in Horto Florestal are threatened with eviction after the Botanical Gardens took control of the […]
Clique aqui para Português Horto is a favela community in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro that has existed for over 200 years. The community, which was founded by former Botanical Gardens workers who […]
Clique aqui para Português On November 7, the Military Police arrived at the Horto community in the Jardim Botânico neighborhood in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro at around 6am to evict Marcelo de Souza and his […]
Clique aqui para Português Residents of the lush and peaceful Horto favela in the South Zone neighborhood of Jardim Botânico are organizing resistance efforts in response to a decision by the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) authorizing […]