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  • [ March 11, 2026 ] In Print and Online, ‘Fala Roça’ Newspaper Is a Comprehensive Tool for Citizenship in Rocinha, Brazil’s Largest Favela #CommunityMedia
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MTST Occupies Land in Niterói, Demands Housing for Victims 8 Years After Bumba Tragedy

By Shawn Provost • May 7, 2018

Clique aqui para Português It has been nearly one month since the Landless Workers’ Movement (MTST) first occupied a parcel of land on the edge of the Washington Luís highway in the neighborhood of Sapê, […]

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Vila Laboriaux Collective Action Builds Agroforestry System: ‘In the future, we want to occupy the UPP’

By Cheyne Bull • April 27, 2018

Clique aqui para Português Bruno Degenring, 23, Vila Laboriaux resident and Favela Verde (Green Favela) president stands in front of an orderly community garden, stunning views of Rio’s iconic Sugarloaf Mountain behind him. Degenring is […]

Movimento Pro-Saneamento's "Recycle Araruama" event in December 2016. Photo from MPS Facebook page
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Baixada’s Pro-Sanitation Movement #SustainableFavelaNetwork [PROFILE]

By Lucas Smolcic Larson • April 18, 2018

Clique aqui para Português Initiative: Pro-Sanitation and Environment Movement of the Parque Araruama Region (Movimento Pró-Saneamento e Meio Ambiente da Região do Parque Araruama) Contact: Facebook | Email Year Founded: 2011 Community: Parque Araruama Region – São João de […]

#HousingWatch

After Years of Waiting, Morar Carioca Finally Launched in Pica-Pau

By Meg Healy, Sabrina Norris • May 12, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Last Saturday, May 7, the City launched long-awaited Morar Carioca upgrades in the Cordovil region of Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone. Five communities will receive upgrades in this phase of the program: Pica-Pau, Brás […]

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83% of Families Made Homeless in Niterói in 2010 Are Still Without Homes

By Leonardo Sodré • Translation by Carolyn Oliveira • May 11, 2016

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Leonardo Sodré in Portuguese published by O Globo click here. Six years after the storm, the calm is still far from arriving. Of the 3,200 families displaced in the […]

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