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What Is The Right to the City?

By Patrick Isensee • October 16, 2013

Clique aqui para Português This post is a contribution to Blog Action Day 2013 in which bloggers around the world reflect on this year’s theme, Human Rights. Over the last few years there have been […]

Vila Autódromo Meets the Mayor [IMAGES]

By RioOnWatch writers • October 10, 2013

Clique aqui para Português Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013, 9am–Four years to the month after they discovered their community was a target for eviction in name of the 2016 Rio Olympics, a coalition of residents of […]

Vila Autódromo Steadfast Against Removals in Mayoral Negotiations

By Catherine Osborn • October 4, 2013

Clique aqui para Português On Wednesday night, over 160 Vila Autódromo residents and leaders filled the local São José Operário church to discuss their upcoming meeting with Mayor Eduardo Paes on Sunday. The mayor promised […]

Analyzing Public Health in Brazil

By Martin Bortz • September 14, 2013

Calls for FIFA-standard hospitals and public health care have been universal in the Brazilian protests and it is indeed imperative for improved health services to be among the central demands. More than any economic benchmark, […]

Government Closes Rio 2016 Project

By Camila Coelho • Translation by Emma Platais • September 3, 2013

For the original by Camila Coelho in Portuguese on Globo Esporte click here. Does everyone remember that remarkable image when our politicians jumped to their feet to celebrate the announcement of Rio de Janeiro as […]