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What Is The Right to the City?

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 […]

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Analyzing Public Health in Brazil

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, […]

Lagoa da Tijuca, Barra da Tijuca Rio de Janeiro
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The Troubling State of Sanitation in Rio

Clique aqui para Português In a city full of beautiful distractions—nature, people, music—it is often easy to forget what is going on beneath your feet. However, for officially more than a quarter of the population […]