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Vila Autódromo March 14, 2017
#EvictionsWatch

Vila Autódromo Is Realizing Its Vocation as a Model for Resistance

By Phie van Rompu • March 24, 2017

Clique aqui para Português On Tuesday, March 14, RioOnWatch visited Vila Autódromo, the community that became internationally known during its determined fight against evictions due to its proximity to the Rio 2016 Olympic Park. Those residents who fought to […]

#EvictionsWatch

Residents of Vila Autódromo Request Meeting with New Mayor to Discuss Pending Upgrades

By Luisa Fenizola • Translation by Adam Lee • February 5, 2017

Clique aqui para Português Last Thursday, January 26, Vila Autódromo residents visited Rio de Janeiro’s City Hall to deliver an official letter requesting a meeting with the city’s new mayor, Marcelo Crivella, to discuss the second […]

Providência cable car (Credits: Internet Reproduction)
#LegacyWatch

What Happened to the Providência Cable Car?

By Karine Ferreira • Translation by Sarah Jacobs • January 18, 2017

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Karine Ferreira in Portuguese published by Agência de Notícias da Favela click here. Times are tough in Morro da Providência, the oldest favela in Brazil. Just like in Complexo […]

#Rio2016

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 […]

Film still from In the Shadow of the Hill
#HousingWatch

How Do Rio and the City’s Favelas Fit into the New Urban Agenda?

By David Robertson • October 13, 2016

Clique aqui para Português The Habitat III New Urban Agenda is critically important to Rio. At a time when Rio is experiencing massive urban shifts, and a contested municipal election, the New Urban Agenda offers an […]

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