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 […]
The communities of Restinga, Vila Harmonia and Recreio 2, in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro saw themselves the target of relentless municipal government action towards the end of 2010, as City Hall staffers, […]
The backhoe had already worked its way well into Vila Harmonia by the time we arrived, chewing through brick and concrete like it was chalk. There was about the community an air of surreal slowness, […]
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 […]
The favela of Asa Branca is one of the communities in the Barra da Tijuca Olympic zone which, like many poor communities across Rio, is under threat, in this case by civil works which are […]