Rio’s Olympic Legacy – Page 18

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[ August 23, 2026 ] 10 Years After Olympics, Rio’s Chronically Neglected Suburban Rail System Is Handed Over to New Consortium, Nova Via Mobilidade #LegacyWatch
[ August 22, 2026 ] Third Strongest Windstorm in Rio de Janeiro History Causes Panic and Leaves Trail of Destruction, Say #VoicesFromSocialMedia *Highlight
[ August 17, 2026 ] Acari Favela Launches Pioneering Study on the Impacts of Flooding in the Community *Highlight
[ August 6, 2026 ] Agroecological Collective Action Brings Fishing Community Together With Partners to Plant and Launch Remanso Beach Fair in Suruí, Magé by Community Contributors
[ August 4, 2026 ] No Power Is Authentic When It Is Based on Exclusion and Silencing: Gender-Based Political Violence Against Black Women in Brazil [OPINION] #ParticipationWatch

One Day After the End of the 2016 Olympics Here in Rio… [SATIRE]

By Cléber Araujo • Translation by Desirée Poets • July 27, 2015

Clique aqui para Português The text below was written by Cléber Araújo, a resident of Complexo do Alemão in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, in July 2015 in the form of satire. August 22, 2016—We […]

Morar Carioca: The Dismantling of a Dream Favela Upgrading Program

By Kate Steiker-Ginzberg • September 10, 2014

Clique aqui para Português This article is a revised version of a paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (Tampa, FL. April 2014) An architect recently described the Morar Carioca […]