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In Morar Carioca Prep, iBase Collects Oral Histories and Video of Asa Branca

By Catherine Osborn • December 7, 2012

Clique aqui para Português “We’re making Asa Branca: The Movie here!” shouted Carlos Alberto “Bezerra” Costa, president of the Asa Branca Residents Association, as a passerby looked quizzically at the film team spread across a […]

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Vila Kennedy Struggles and Triumphs

By Sandro Mendes • Translation by Lee Weingast • November 16, 2012

Clique aqui para Português Click here for original article in Portugese in Vila Favela. Technology plays an ever greater role in our lives: the fact that you are reading this now attests to this. Nowadays, we […]

#EvictionsWatch

Questionable Participation at TransOlímpica Public Consultation Meeting

By Felicity Clarke • November 8, 2012

Last week, citizens packed the Clube dos Portugueses in West Zone neighborhood Taquara for the public meeting presenting the TransOlímpica highway and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project which will connect Barra da Tijuca and the […]

#EvictionsWatch

Transcarioca: Irregularities and Evictions in Olympic Roadworks

By Felicity Clarke • October 31, 2012

Clique aqui para Português Connecting Barra da Tijuca and the Olympic Park with the International Airport, the Transcarioca highway and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) route is the most visible transport infrastructure work the city of […]

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Curicica Weighs in on Morar Carioca Roles and Obligations

By Catherine Osborn • October 10, 2012

Clique aqui para Português Last Monday night in Curicica, Jacarepaguá, in Rio’s West Zone, Carlos Brandão held up three blue circles cut from construction paper. “City government,” he announced to the thirty people seated encircling […]

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