#Rio2016
Truculent Olympics
Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Raquel Rolnik in Portuguese published on her blog click here. Within the past week, the Olympic plan for the city of Rio de Janeiro has revealed a […]
Housing
#EvictionsWatch
A Walk Through Vila das Torres – Part 1
Vila das Torres (Towers Village) is a community of about a thousand homes and small businesses in Madureira, a neighborhood in Rio’s north zone. The community stretches down one street, Rua Dr. Cincinato Lopes (though […]
#CommunityMedia
The Media Role in the Removal of Vila Taboinha
This past week, residents of the community of Vila Taboinha, in the far West Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, were faced with their forced eviction and successfully resisted. Residents settled in the […]