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Public Defenders Office Hosts Panel of Attorneys and Favela Leaders to Discuss Resistance to Evictions 2007-2011

By Laura Bachmann • November 3, 2016

Clique aqui para Português As part of the release of The Resistance Against the Removal of Favelas in Rio de Janeiro, a book organized by Alexandre Mendes and Giuseppe Cocco, the Rio de Janeiro Public […]

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And the Electorate Has Responded! The Olympic Legacy Is Already a Failure

By Hugo Costa • Translation by Adam Lee • October 20, 2016

Clique aqui para Português There was a project for Rio, an Olympic project, with an international consultancy hired to show how to apply Barcelona’s Olympic Legacy model, highly referenced around the world as an example […]

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Prostitution Policy Watch Looks at Olympics Impact on Rio’s Sex Industry

By Alex Besser • October 13, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Rio de Janeiro’s Prostitution Policy Watch has released their preliminary report looking at the Rio 2016 Olympics’ effect on the city’s sex industry. The organization is made up of professors, researchers […]

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Cultural Occupation in Vila Autódromo: Community Celebration of Memory, Resistance and Hope

By Nour El-Youssef • September 30, 2016

Clique aqui para Português On Sunday, September 25, the Vila Autódromo community organized yet another occupation event entitled Ocupa Vila Autódromo celebrating resistance, memory and hope. Located on the edge of the Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca […]

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Complexo da Maré Hosts Debate with Rio’s Mayoral Candidates

By Laura Bachmann, Laura Fairman • September 20, 2016

Clique aqui para Português On Thursday, September 15, three mayoral candidates attended a public debate hosted in Complexo da Maré in Rio’s North Zone. The debate was organized by A Maré que Queremos (The Maré That We […]

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