Last Tuesday afternoon, Antonieta Simões welcomed us into her home. We talked and laughed as Antonieta’s daughter played on the floor nearby with her toy car and miniature chairs. Pastor Norival Sartório and Luciana de […]
Watch on Youtube On the 22nd of February, the injunction that, last December, had suspended the demolitions in Vila Harmonia, a community in the West Zone of Rio, was dropped. Two days later, demolition crews […]
This past Tuesday, the Rio municipal government established, by the Mayor’s decree, the Council for the City’s Legacy, a group of people who will act as consultants in the matter of how to ensure a […]
This is Part 2 of a two-part article about a community of 200 families on Avenida das Américas, which all face the prospect of forced eviction. For Part 1, click here. During my visit, I […]
This is Part 1 of a two-part article about a community of 200 families on Avenida das Américas, in Guaratiba. For Part 2 click here. Along Avenida das Américas in Guaratiba, Rio de Janeiro’s West […]