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Despite Mass Protests, Constitutional Amendment to Freeze Public Expenditures for Two Decades in Brazil May Pass on December 13

By Nour El-Youssef • December 5, 2016

Clique aqui para Português On Tuesday, November 29 protests erupted outside Brazil’s Congress in Brasília as the Senate approved a proposal to amend the constitution that would authorize the implementation of harsh austerity measures. If passed, […]

#GentrificationWatch

Port Region Residents Suffer with Ceaseless Light Rail Construction #OlympicLegacyWatch

By Mariah Barber • November 28, 2016

Clique aqui para Português In 2013, construction for the Veículo Leve Sobre Trilhos (VLT) or Light Rail System, led by Rio’s Port revitalization program, Porto Maravilha’s (Marvelous Port) VLT Carioca Consortium, began throughout Rio de Janeiro’s […]

#GentrificationWatch

Housing Policy Lessons from Rio’s Favelas Part 3: Distrust, Gentrification and Titling

By David Robertson • October 31, 2016

Clique aqui para Português This is the third in a five-part series titled Housing Policy Lessons from Rio’s Favelas. We hope this series will inform debates on housing and favela upgrading and that Rio’s new mayor, Marcelo […]

#CommunityMedia

Cable Car Suspension and Violent Police Operations Leave Residents Stranded–and Threatened–in Complexo do Alemão

By Ciara Long • September 30, 2016

Clique aqui para Português The six month-long suspension of Complexo do Alemão’s cable car was announced on September 14, in between unrelenting police operations in the North Zone favela complex. The cable car will not […]

#Rio2016

Interstate Cyclist from Queimados Calls for Equality of Transport Infrastructure in the Baixada

By Sophia Zaia • September 22, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Cycling activist Carlos Leandro de Oliveira, 35, says his interest in cycling began during a moment of financial struggle. “I had gone three days without receiving my salary,” he says. “I didn’t […]

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