Last week it was reported that the number of people removed from their homes for the upcoming mega-events in Rio de Janeiro has surpassed 8,000. Thousands more evictions are planned in the run up to […]
Paolo Roberto Ferreira Mezes, known by all as Barrão, moved to Vila Autódromo sixteen years ago. After learning to fish and dedicating himself to the craft, he brought his wife and two young children to […]
For the original article in Portuguese by Sérgio Magalhães* in O Globo, click here. Troubled by the quality of construction of projects in the Minha Casa Minha Vida (MCMV, or My House My Life federal […]
Clique aqui para Português In 1986, the newlywed José Arimateia moved to Vila Autódromo to buy his first home and to start a family. He moved from his parents’ house in a neighboring community, Vila […]
For the original report in Portuguese in O Globo click here. The buildings were to be inhabited by the 450 families that lost their homes in Niterói’s tragedy of 2010. This Saturday marked the beginning […]